Post #2365799

2026-02-20 20:37 UTC

If it already pushed the PS6 back two years, this rampocalypse may just mean the next Xbox never ships. I&#39;m not convinced the Xbox brand will even last long enough for a next-gen console; feels like the end of the runway

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@nathansnelgrove@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 21:26

@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social I am less certain Spencer leaving is bad news. He has not helped Xbox much in the past 10 years. Just when they started releasing exclusives that maybe could have helped, he put them on his biggest competitor. The Xbox platform is filled with advertising and gotchas. It’s just not enticing anymore. And that all happened under his tenure.

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@alsoknownasale@mastodon.world 2026-02-20 22:11

@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social it’s the AAA industry as a whole that is shaking: Sony’s GAAS approach and the underpriced Game Pass one both failed. And that while smaller, cheaper, more creative games are doing very very well (exp33, Arc, Helldivers 2, Mewgenics…). First time in entertainment where the quality approach is also rewarded by users and critics.

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@cmaciasjimenez@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 22:40

@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social I abused mine with Gamepass ultimate for pennies with VPN subscriptions but when it lapses in August I’m selling it and going full PC only for good. The brand is dead

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@csstrowbridge@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 22:59

@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social I read that XBox was in fourth place to sales last Black Friday. Nintendo, Sony, and some game system I had never even heard of before beat it. One second... Nex Playground? Don't know what that is.

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