What a sad life (e.g. Grummz above) to be so consumed about what happens at Xbox and the need for it to be a disaster or dead to create content/clicks for the umpteenth time. The amount of YouTubers jumping on the band wagon as well (usual suspects). Go outside and get some fresh air or just play a video game you know and have some fun.
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As always, itâs the people claiming that Xbox doesnât matter who spend the most energy obsessing over it and screaming about itâŚ
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I have a very hard time caring about any of this, other than donât fuck my games up plz.
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Grummz and his idiotic ilk is just the kind of people you get when you stay on Twitter.
Get off Twitter!
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In fact, the more people get off Twitter, the better for us as individuals, as I think this is going to happen with certain laws being played around.
Also, moistcritical really is a pony, like you must be joking. Now I know why he was so butthurt when many of his viewers were calling him out for enjoying Spider-Man 2 while he was onboard criticising Xbox most of the time and praising PlayStation like a saint, like Jesus Christ. He lost a lot of my respect, and the same goes for mrmattyplays.
I cannot wait for people like him to realise how screwed playstation is once itâs time for anything forward and backwards compatibility.
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Lord please tell me thatâs just a grok AI bot. I mean she really shouldnât respond to posts like these. At a certain point you just have to refuse to engage.
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Itâs fine so long you donât stoop to their level. But wouldnât encourage to continue on. Itâs fine for now.
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Iâll say the news is definitely shocking. I was shook waking up and first seeing it yesterday. Then I went about my day because I have a life and processed it in the background. And Sarahâs memo came out. Herâs actually made me tear up a bit and felt more emotional than Philâs. It did sound like she finished what she set out to accomplish at Xbox and wanted to move on to build up something else. It also sounded like she herself was excited to see a new era brought in by someone completely new. She came in in 2017 meaning sheâs been there for almost a decade now. Sheâs accomplished a lot in that time and Iâd understand why sheâd not want to be stuck in the same career or at the same company for decades upon decades. She and Phil donât have to be the same person. I know I personally just canât imagine staying at the same company for nearly forty years even if thereâs a clear path for promotion. And sheâd have to be Microsoft Gaming CEO for at least the next 5 to 7 years to finish out the next gen Xbox era. 14+ years in the same job is a long time.
Overall Iâd say Iâve gone from being shocked to being kinda sad in a solemn way. I donât care what anyone says, I really REALLY loved what Phil and Sarah did for Xbox. The golden age of Xbox to me isnât the 360 days, itâs right now. I love Xbox Play Anywhere, Cloud Gaming, and Game Pass. I love my Series S (my favorite) and Series X and boy do I love that my Lenovo Legion Go can feel like a Xbox Handheld because of Xbox Play Anywhere and Cloud Gaming while still being a full windows PC (actual proprietary Nintendo and PlayStation handles could access a whooping ZERO games from those companies home console and certainly had no cloud saves and cross buy). I do really hate all the toxicity Xbox and they have gotten. Sarah was especially important to me because, man Iâm Black and it DOES mean something to me (feel empowering) to have seen the first Black woman president of Xbox. Especially when she got that role while I was still in university myself. That was empowering and inspiring to me during a time when I hadnât even worked my first full time job.
All that said leadership changing doesnât immediately mean any of what Iâve loved about the last era will change or that I wonât find new things to love about the new CEOs era or on the flip side that I wonât hate everything to come. I donât know. No one knows. I will say seeing the internetâs response Iâm understanding a bit more now why she may have been announced in February and not June⌠we are some man children indeed. CEOs change all the time. Sometimes because the business is doing poorly but in general new leadership happens to shake things up and continue growing. Phil Spencer was a special case because he was a veteran at Microsoft who fought for Xbox to continue to exist at all. That defined his tenure and he built Xbox up to being a gaming empire. Now weâre seeing a more traditional leadership change. We assumed Sarah would be next, but she doesnât have to be. Again, nearly a decade in one company doing the same (at least a similar) job is a LONG time. She also probably wouldnât really be a ânewâ era of Xbox because sheâs been with Phil since nearly the beginning and has also defined this era of Xbox. Matt is there for the experience and gaming content side (though I wouldnât be surprised if a few years into next gen we see him move on and someone else take his place as well). As someone said the new Blizzard CEO is doing really great and she came from the NFL. Who knows whatâll happen, but it will be a new age for Xbox which should always be interesting. Also, Iâm going to suckle the hopium and use this was evidence for why the next Gen Xbox is LOCKED IN for 2027. Theyâre going to announce it in the summer showcase and do a big passing of the torch and make a big deal about the next twenty five years for sure.
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Ashas gamertag is AMRAHSAHSA btw. I just followed her on Xbox Live.
Please be normal about that. Already saw assholes analyzing her gaming history 
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Not surprised that Phil is retiring, but I thought he would celebrate 25 years of Xbox and announce a new console before he goes. I genuinely liked him as a human being, as far as you can tell from online impressions and the many interviews he did. His initiatives at Xbox didnât all pan out, but I especially liked his late Xbox One era where he won me and many others back over with stuff like BC, Project Scorpio and the acquisitions. I donât know what he really thought about the strategy pivot these past few years, we might learn it some day. But I wish him all the best and much gaming time. I always liked Sarah Bond so Iâm sad to see her go. Not too many opinions on the new CEO yet. Her first message sounds good and her Twitter posts are funny. But action will speak louder than words and we just have to see what she will change.
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I think theyâll both still be around for the celebrations just not in the spotlight. Theyâve at least said theyâll stay on as special advisors and the celebrations themselves have probably been planned in advance. I wouldnât be surprised if we see an official passing of the torch or special message from Phil & Sarah to the new CEO during the summer festivities.
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Ha. Interesting. 10k gs for a month is pretty huge. Iâm only in the mid 30s and I have been playing for years. Happy to see vampire survivors peaking out on her recent list.
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Itâs a platform for grifters and toxicity at this point. Musk has made that clear enough. Social media is already the worst if humanity amplified and always on blast. Twitter has just become the grease pan of that
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Watching the Podcast (DayOne) and they said that the reason why Xbox was getting such great Japanese games support was mainly do to Sarah pushing hard for it made me feel sad⌠Letâs hope Xboxâs Japanese games issues doesnât suddenly come back, it really hasnât been an issue in the last few years, for the most part at least.
Itâs possible that she at least played video games, even if not on Xbox, just didnât work in gaming in the industry, hoping for the best here.
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What action(s) of her would be the factor that would win you over?
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I think itâd be insane to form an opinion over her (positive or negative) when all we have are the announcements. Like Phil and Sarah and everyone else sheâll be defined by her tenure. Even then people will just go off of vibes.
Over 38 years at Microsoft, including 12 years leading Gaming, Phil helped transform what we do and how we do it. He expanded our reach across PC, mobile, and cloud; nearly tripled the size of the business; helped shape our strategy through the acquisitions of Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax, and Minecraft; and strengthened our culture across our studios and platforms. Iâve long admired Philâs unwavering commitment to players, creators, and his team, and I am personally grateful for his leadership and counsel. He will continue working closely with Asha to ensure a smooth transition.
Iâm incredibly proud of what weâve built together over the past eight-plus years. PC and cloud gaming are growing faster than ever, our next console is well underway, and together weâve helped lay the foundation for a more open gaming platform that spans devices and reaches players around the world.
When we announced our intention to acquire Activision Blizzard in 2022, I committed to helping lead Xbox through what would be a critical period of change. Over the past four years, weâve navigated that moment together and positioned the business for what comes next. We took on some of the biggest challenges this organization has ever faced and did it as one team.
I mean, when you lay it all out Phil and Sarahâs accomplishments are insane, and people still just hate them and bash on how theyâve grown Xbox. Itâll be what it is.
For the time being I donât think weâll really see how Sharma actually is for a long while. Both Sarah and Phil will stay on as advisors and re-reading it seems like this transition has been planned out at least since last year. Maybe like post 2027 weâll start getting an idea.
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Iâm a simple man, just continue the Xbox brand as I know it right now but with more reasonable prices, Game Pass doesnât need to be 30 dollars a month, Series S shouldnât cost over 400 dollars and Series X shouldnât cost over 600 dollars, I remain a Game Pass subscriber because Iâve been able to find great deals online, I donât even care about exclusives, but continue with a focus on hardware and actually try to sell hardware, a good way to start is to manufacture more consoles right now and lower those prices, donât go on a layoff and shutdown spree please and donât try to force in AI into Xbox games (maybe even the next console) because the scandal would make the Xbox One reveal look like childâs play.
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