Xbox Business Update Podcast | Xbox Everywhere Direction Discussion

[Shifty Geezer]

So without a console, what ‘platform’ will Microsoft have? The Windows store?

'Xbox', playable across devices. It's a software platform offering a game library on PC and small-hardware (presumably another XB console or new PC family) and game streaming on anything.

 

[Johnny Awesome]

Yes, because you've presented no evidence for that, and I know teens who play on non-Switch consoles.

Here's another one: https://newzoo.com/resources/rankings/top-ps5-games

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Probably not that many 35+ year olds playing Minecraft and Roblox. Loads of teens play Fortnite, COD, GTA and FIFA. These probably top the charts because the younger players play fewer games more often, so all their game time is these games were the older gamers possibly spread their play over other titles.

There's an argument that younger players are limited in spending and game they'll play, making them not worth targeting (although in game currencies are very lucrative for platform holders) but I'm still seeing nothing to convince me that children and young adults aren't interested in gaming on consoles. The only number that hints at as such is the 'average age of a gamer is 35' but that's just an average and tells you nothing of distribution.

This whole post partially proves my point as all of these games are playable on the older systems.

Once again though, taken out of context somewhat. I don't believe teens are as interested in new consoles as they used to be. I really don't, but I also agree that I haven't proven that either.

 

[QPlayer]

New logo and new IP from Elsewhere Entertainment Xbox Activision studio:

Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social)

Xbox/Activision studio Elsewhere Entertainment updated the studio logo. The newly-formed team is early working on a new “narrative-based & genre-defining AAA franchise". https://www.linkedin.com/company/elsewhere-ent/

bsky.app

 

[Cappuccino]

The Series X/S is still available and will be for years to come. I can still buy it from several EU MS stores if I want, it will arrive in 3 days. And there will be XboxPC hybrids that can be used as consoles as well.

I am talking about the future, not the present. I am talking about next gen.

Did we just make up these 'Xbox PCs'? This has been a rumor for decades yet I have seen zero evidence that it's real.

 

[Cappuccino]

'Xbox', playable across devices. It's a software platform offering a game library on PC and small-hardware (presumably another XB console or new PC family) and game streaming on anything.

I just don't think this is materially different from Sega post-Dreamcast. Xbox might sell 5% of what Steam sells on PC, and Xbox publishes all their games currently on Steam.

I guess streaming but that is not only not popular but expensive to run so I bet in the event that Xbox hardware dies out that will die out as well.