Microsoft has spent years subsidizing Xbox rather than profiting from it, CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged this week, as he addressed the gaming division’s need for a new approach.
His comments came during a Wednesday evening taping of The New York Times’ “Hard Fork” podcast, released Friday. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton pressed Nadella on the future of Xbox a few hours after the division’s leadership signaled an upcoming reset.
“No one can accuse Microsoft of not having invested for the last 25 years,” Nadella said of the Xbox and games business. “And now we have to turn this into a sustainable business.”
Enshittification incoming, GamePass enjoyers.
They need to actually be really careful with that - Gamepass is I think one of the main things keeping gamers on Windows. Fuck up gamepass during the Gabecube’s release and people may start seriously wondering why they put up with Windows.
So glad I never got involved in that shitshow.
Like all “streaming” services it’s just a big fuck you to artists/developers and just money in the pocket of executives.
Spotify isn’t the only one that underpays the artists in their catalog.
lol. More subscriptions and paid for DLC>less users>less revenue>more expensive subscriptions and paid for DLC and the cycle continues.
People think that these are smart people. Some people do anyway.