Din pacate, cu totii o fac si chiar nu tine de ei - trebuie sa fim si noi intelegatori. La urma urmei, e doar un hobby, nu o necesitate.
Din pacate, cu totii o fac si chiar nu tine de ei - trebuie sa fim si noi intelegatori. La urma urmei, e doar un hobby, nu o necesitate.
Cu siguranta si PS5 Pro se va mai scumpi pana la sfarsitul anului, eu cred ca acum e momentul sa-l cumparati daca vi-l doriti.
I saw this coming, combo cu Steam machine la 'doar 999.999', din pacate n-ai ce sa faci, preturile s-au dus unde s-au dus, v-am zis ca nu vedem nici un Xbox nou sau PS6 pana cel devreme in 2028, asta daca pana atunci se stabilizeaza piata.
Inca o data, nu fac PR pentru SONY, dar pentru cine nu are deja un PC bun si sta in cumpana cu achizitia unei console, cumparati PS5 Pro acum ca se duc la vale si alea in curand si cred ca nu vor mai fi nici stocuri cu cat ne apropiem de Noiembrie!
Bagati-va la cutie pentru urmatorii 2-3 ani cat inca se poate, eu nu vad in conditiile actuale de piata cum vor putea lansa ei Xbox/PS6 mai devreme de 2028/29. Sper sa ma insel...
Nu tine de ei? Microsoft e unul dintre pricipalii responsabili pentru ce se intampla cu preturile la memorii si electronice pentru ca pompeaza ca nebunii bani in centrele de date si AI de parca numai e ziua de maine iar noi suntem pusi sa platim pentru toata treaba asta.Originally Posted by razvanrazy
Mai si fac teatru cu conditiile din piata.
Xander nu cred ca o sa amane lansarea noilor console pentru ca au contracte semnate cu AMD, TSMC, pierd bani si capacitatea rezervata.
Problema e la ce pret le pun la vanzare 1000 de euro sau mai mult si daca le mai vand, ma indoiesc ca o sa se mai inghesuie lumea la preturile respective.
Consumatorul e lovit din toate partile de inflatie din cauza AI, energie iar venitul real e in scadere...
Xbox e o divizie foarte mica comparativ cu restul Microsoft-ului, deci cu siguranta nu au nicio putere de decizie in ce se intampla mai sus.
O mica parte pozitiva e ca eforturile lor de a intra pe piata AI-ului nu au fost prea profitabile, si e posibil sa-si regrete investitiile: Satya Nadella says AI should benefit everyone — not just a few powerful firms "eating up the economy” . Daca le-ar fi mers mai bine cu siguranta nu s-ar gandi la restul economiei, doar la propriul buzunar.
Cat de ironic, acum cateva zile Xbox CEO Asha Sharma a spus ca "jucatul e inaccesibile în multe cazuri" iar apoi vin iar cu o scumpire.
Microsoft blames "components crisis" for rising Xbox prices amidst AI greed, which was partly caused by...Microsoft? https://www.tomsguide.com/gaming/xbo...d-by-microsoft
"Three days ago in a sprawling interview with Entertainment Weekly, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said, "gaming is unaffordable in many cases." Today, Xbox announced price hikes for its consoles, the third in the last year.
The increases don't go into effect until August, but it does hit 512GB models with a $100 bump, while 1TB consoles are going up $150. Xbox is also discontinuing its 2TB model.
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Microsoft partly to blame
There are other companies to truly hold accountable for the memory crisis. Nvidia, OpenAI, and Google have made massive investments in what they call artificial intelligence.
But we can't absolve Microsoft (or Apple) as both companies, laggards in the headlong race toward AI, have also invested heavily in AI, with varying degrees of success.
Just this month at Microsoft Build 2026, the company spent the majority of the event discussing AI and "agentic" systems. Most of the work is business-focused, but it's clear AI is what has the company's attention right now.
Gamers don't want it
Gamers on the whole are a capricious bunch, to put things nicely, but as a recent Game Oracle study found, they don't want AI. Titles with the AI-generated assets tag on Steam received 53% fewer ratings, indicating a lack of interest, and were more likely to be negatively reviewed.
Now, it's possible that AI is allowing more lazy developers to push out more slop, a veritable abyss that will seemingly never go away, AI or not.
Still, it speaks to a wider trend of consumers rejecting AI. Marketing Brew reports that 65% of respondents to a study said they never wanted to hear about AI again.
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Between increasing prices for the companies themselves and their customers rejecting their AI-focused products, there will be a breaking point. The question is, how close are we to reaching it?"
- ~3.200 concedieri (1.600 azi, inca 1.600 pana in 30 iunie 2027)
- Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory si Undead Labs au fost vandute
- Arkane Studios e in proces sa fie vandut
- Dave McCarthy, corporate vice president of Xbox product services, pleaca din Microsoft
- Helen Chiang e numita chief operating officer
Resetting XBOX - XBOX WireTeam,
We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout FY27. This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today, and in addition, four studios will leave XBOX to new management. I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day, and I wanted to be direct about the scale.
I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building XBOX. Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved XBOX. Today’s decisions do not reflect their talent or dedication.
Our business today is not healthy. We are operating at margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses. We entered Gen 9 with a smaller install base and a higher cost structure. To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected. As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset XBOX.
First, we will reset our content portfolio.
Since 2018, we have aggressively expanded our studio portfolio while the number of games created each month across the industry now outpaces the last ten years combined. We now find ourselves competing not only with the largest publishers, but also with smaller independent studios. It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio. We have also learned that we are not the best home for every type of studio; in a typical year, we lost 64 cents for every dollar we invested. As we reset XBOX, we will help independent creators succeed by providing open development tools and audiences to realize their vision.
Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will return to management and transition to independent studios with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have entered terms to join new ownership with funding to complete and grow Senua and State of Decay 3. In France, Arkane’s management is beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options.
We are also making reductions across other units, and in some cases, shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects. These changes vary in size across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, and XBOX Game Studios. None of our first party publicly announced games or projects are being cancelled as part of these reductions.
In addition, Mojang and King will now report directly to me. These two studios have increasingly become platforms and are our largest by monthly active players. They bring critical geographic, demographic, and differentiation to XBOX.
Second, we will reset our platform.
We know that great technology gets better when it gets simpler, not bigger. Today, in some parts of the company, work passes through as many as 14 layers of management. Our platform teams are 40% larger than they were at the start of this generation, even as our player base and playtime have declined. That complexity has slowed decisions, blurred accountability, and made it harder to deliver for players. As we reset XBOX, we will simplify.
We will reduce management layers to no more than 5, and where possible, 3. We will deliver success through a flatter organization that is built around makers (individual contributors focused on building), player-coaches (leaders who remain deeply involved in the work while developing their teams), and directly responsible individuals (DRIs) who own key decisions and outcomes. And we will streamline how we work across our tools, with a cleaner code base, shared services, and 50% reduced vendor spend.
Third, we are resetting how we operate.
As XBOX grew our headcount, we became more fragmented. Teams, studios, and functions often operate independently, and it became harder to work towards a shared goal, make the right tradeoffs, and get things done.
For the first time, we are establishing a Chief Operating Officer with end-to-end P&L responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services. Helen Chiang has been promoted to this role and will report directly to me. Over nearly two decades at XBOX, Helen has helped build some of our most important businesses, from XBOX Live to leading Mojang and the Minecraft franchise. She will bring our businesses together under one operating model, making sure we make clear investment decisions, learn from our successes and failures, and hold ourselves accountable for results.
Thank you, Dave McCarthy, who is retiring after 17 years with XBOX. Dave has played a defining role in building the platform that millions of players rely on every day and has been a trusted partner through many of the biggest moments in XBOX’s history. We wish him all the best.
These changes are about a bigger future for XBOX, not a smaller one. The next decade of gaming will be larger, more global, and more creative than anything we’ve seen before. This year, we’ll invest as much in XBOX as we ever have, but we’ll invest with greater focus, greater discipline, and greater clarity, all in service of making XBOX where the world plays and creates.
I want XBOX to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day and gives everyone the opportunity to create and connect. I know we can achieve this goal. XBOX has many of the most beloved franchises in entertainment history, talented studios around the world, and we will return to growth in 2027.
History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them.
Asha
Si dupa ce-l RESETeaza (de nu mai ramane nimic), am asa un feeling ca il vor vinde (ca prea ii deranjeaza). Xbox-ul, desigur. Poate-l cumpara Musk, ca lui ii plac astea cu X.
Au adus-o pe "inteligenta" asta de la Core AI ca sa inchida divizia de Xbox complet.
Avand in vedere majorarile de preturi la console care o sa prabuseasca complete vanzarile plus noile restructurari deja se cam alege praful de divizia asta.
Oricum sincer deja consolele isi pierd complet rostul prin faptul ca pierd 2 atuuri principale preturile accesibile la hardware si jocurile pe disc.
Consolele devin niste PC-uri foarte scumpe dar fara libertea si avantajele pe care le ai pe PC.
In afara de "plug and play" si cateva exclusive numai au nici un avantaj.
Asta e sansa lor "once in a lifetime" sa anunte ca noul Xbox va continua sa suporte jocuri pe disk si sa fure de la Sony toti jucatorii care inca vor diskuri. As alege Xbox in loc de Playstation fara sa stau pe ganduri, si ca mine sunt multi.
Ar putea sa faca un "stunt" in care sa anunte ca o sa lanseze jocurile in format fizic si in 2028 si sa isi paseze unul altuia jocul pe disc aluzie la Sony dar ma indoiesc ca o sa faca asa ceva. Cred ca ei vor si mai mult ca Sony sa renunte la jocurile pe disc.
Next gen o sa fie un epic fail cu preturi de peste 1000 de euro consola si fara jocuri pe disc.
"There are dozens of us! Dozens!"As alege Xbox in loc de Playstation fara sa stau pe ganduri, si ca mine sunt multi.
In caz ca nu ati vazut, nici urmatorul Xbox nu va avea discuri . Viitorul Xbox-ului e 100% GamePass, nu-i vad sa revina la disc-uri pentru niciun motiv.
Si daca consolele s-au scumpit, asta nu inseamna ca PC-urile au devenit o alternativa mai ieftina; si ele sunt afectate de scumpiri, ba chiar mai mult decat consolele.
PC-urile au fost tot timpul mai scumpe pentru ca plateai pretul de piata la componente in timp ce consolele erau subventionate iar Sony, Microsoft etc puteau sa negocieze un pret mai bun cumparand componente in cantitati mari.
Next gen o sa aiba la minusuri:
- fara jocuri pe disc
- preturi cel putin duble la console 500 euro -> minim 1000 de euro
- multiplayer pe bani
- salvari in cloud pe bani
- jocuri mai scumpe
- reduceri mai mici
- nu ai politica de rambursare de 2 ore a jocului daca nu e bun
- nu ai moduri
- magazinul poate fi inchis
- jocurile sterse din cont
- platforma inchisa
Consolele numai sunt un produs "mass market" ci un produs de lux.
Pacat chiar vroiam sa iau atat PS6 cat si Helix dar nu le mai vad rostul daca nu ma pot juca jocurile existente care le am pe disc.
La TV in living am 3 console, nu am spatiu sa mai pun inca 2. Ideea era sa inlocuiesc PS5 si XSX.
La Xbox salvarile in cloud sunt gratuite.
La Xbox am putut rambursa un joc in care am intrat cateva minute in meniu doar. cred ca esti limitat la cateva zile dupa achizitie si 2 ore maxim de joc.
Am vrut sa cumpar spider-man pe steam si era mai ieftin pe ps5 digital. Reducerile sunt de la caz la caz, dar presupun ca sunt mai mari pe pc..
Legat de jocurile sterse din cont...eu personal n-am patit nici la playstaton, nici la xbox sa-mi dispara din libraria digitala vreun joc.
In rest, de acord cu tine. Multiplayer-ul care nu gratuit e cel mai aiurea lucru la o consola si motivul pentru care ma joc jocuri online pe PC.
Ca discutie foarte random ca suntem pe topicul xbox. Mortal Kombat 1 pe Xbox Series nu necesita un abonament gamepass activ de niciun fel sa-l pot juca online. E un glitch foarte ciudat, deoarece pe ps5 imi trebuie ps plus evident.
Da pe Xbox ai salvari in cloud dar nu ai nicaeri specificat clar ca il poti juca pana la 2 ore
Request a refund for digital games https://support.xbox.com/en-RO/help/.../refund-orders
Cele mai proaste politici digitale sunt la Sony si Nintendo.Refunds for digital games are typically issued for requests made within 14 days of the game's purchase date, if you haven't accumulated a significant amount of play time. You can make refund requests for game purchases within a 90-day period, however not all requests will be accepted.
John Linneman de la Digital Foundry a jucat un joc 15 minute pe PS care mergea oribil iar Sony iau refuzat rambursarea banilor.
Sunt prea calici si prea nesimtiti Xbox ca sa speculeze momentul si sa intoarca palma data in 2013 cu 'PS4 works on submarines'. Si prea prosti, am uitat! Va fi fix acelasi digital only ca si PS6 pe care il judecati in absenta.
Papillon_ stim ca ti-ai luat PC, stim ca pentru tine next gen o sa fie o catastrofa, stim ca PC, PC, PC, PC, o scrii in continuu pe toate threadurile unde ai ocazia, dar a devenit putin cam mult si putin cam des.
Ai thread-uri de PC unde nu te deranjeaza nimeni si unde nu intru nici platit, incercam sa ne respectam putin unii pe altii?
Ma bucur ca ramai la PC, ma bucur ca nu vezi nimic bun inainte, sau cel putin incerci sa te convingi de treaba asta pt ca dpdv psihologic cam asta denota faptul ca spui acelasi lucru in bucla.
Pentru mine si altii ca mine, nu va fi o alternativa PC-ul, ne dai si noua sau cel putin mie daca am ramas singurul de pe forum, ocazia sa privim cu bucurie inainte?
Uite eu sunt un retardat care in ciuda catastrofelor pe care le inventati si le exagerati voi in ultimele zile vreau sa raman la Playstation si la Xbox! Am dreptul sa mai pot citi threaduri de console fara sa vad din postare in postare PC PC PC PC PC?
Eu intru la voi acolo pe threadurile alea cu placi video de 4000$ sa va postez clipuri din Saros si din Death Stranding 2? Am deranjat cu ceva acolo, vreodata? Intelegi paralela? Nu-ti impune nimeni nici o cenzura, dar intelegi ca exista totusi o limita a bunului simt pana la care poti sa poluezi fiecare thread de consola cu mizeriile tale de PC-uri?
Eu cred ca confunzi lucrurile nu am zis ca renunt la consolele pe care le am XSX, PS5, Switch 2 etc.
Am criticat masurile recent luate si perspectivele pentru next gen. E un punct de inflexiune in momentul de fata atat la Xbox cat si la Playstation.
Asta e situatia in care au ajuns lucrurile pe console e treaba ta daca vrei sa vezi totul roz cand nu e.
Xbox Layoffs Have Reportedly Gutted id Software, Obsidian, and ZeniMax Online, and Elder Scrolls Online’s Roadmap Will Have to Change https://wccftech.com/xbox-layoffs-gu...enimax-online/
Obsidian Entertainment, for instance. The Californian studio has been one of the most productive since it joined Xbox in 2018, releasing The Outer Worlds 1 & 2, Grounded 1 & 2, Pentiment, and Avowed. Granted, none have been runaway successes (except for the first Grounded, to a degree), but the games were still well received.
And yet, according to Kotaku, the team is losing 25% of its staff, with cuts affecting all departments, including quality assurance, artists, writers, programmers, and producers. The report adds that work on Grounded 2, which is still in early access, and the promised The Outer Worlds 2 DLCs will continue. Still, an insider at Obsidian questioned how the studio will be able to pursue its ambitious list of projects with a quarter of its staff gone.
Another historic studio's future is in question. id Software (DOOM, Quake) is not closing down, but Jason Schreier said they were forced to cut a significant number of its staff. Scott Miller, one of the founders of Apogee/3D Realms, added that most, if not all, of the studio's coders are reportedly gone.
The fear in this case is that id Software may become a support studio for MachineGames, helping them create new DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein games, which are apparently still part of Sharma's new Xbox plan. Even so, that's a massive blow to a legendary team that also released successful games with the last three DOOM games. By the way, Revelations, the DLC to DOOM: The Dark Ages, is out today and could be their farewell as a lead developer.
Ce e roz pentru tine nu e roz pentru mine si nici invers. Tu ai decis sa treci la PC, eu am decis de banii aia sa imi cumpar o Skoda Octavia din 2014! Asta nu inseamna ca eu trebuie sa vin si sa postez pe fiecare thread de PC treaba asta! E o alegere!
Am inteles, asa vezi tu lucrurile, ai followers, o sa piratati, o sa faceti, o sa dregeti, I get it, urmeaza o toamna-iarna cu cel putin 10 jocuri spectaculoase insa voi vedeti numai nenorociri inventate pentru ca n-o sa mai puteti juca Resistance 1 pe PS6 si ca vor disparea toti bistinarii de jocuri de pe olx, go ahead si deprima-te cat vrei dar nu calca cu bocancii in fiecare thread de console unde ai ocazia.
In momentul in care eu NU vin sa-ti poluez tie threadurile dedicate de PC cu nenorocirile mele de console, respecta-mi si tu dreptul de a mai putea da click pe orice thread de console fara sa vad PC-PC-PC.
Report: Microsoft will make even more of its games exclusive to Xbox — as multiplatform strategy totally fails. What's going on? https://www.windowscentral.com/gamin...whats-going-on
Xbox's loathed "Project Latitude" strategy which saw Microsoft support its biggest rival with content is ending, with CEO Asha Sharma doubling down on exclusives.
A new report suggested that Xbox plans to double down on exclusive games, as Microsoft explores paths to grow its ecosystem.
At the Xbox Showcase, CEO Asha Sharma outlined plans to make Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution fully exclusive to Xbox consoles. Bloomberg suggests Microsoft is looking to add even more exclusive games to its lineup potentially, which echoes comments execs made to me at Summer Game Fest in LA last June.
Much like Xbox's "it's only four games" statement about going multiplatform previously, the "it's only two games" mantra applies here in reverse. Microsoft is looking at making even tentpole single player games, historically multiplatform, exclusive to Xbox hardware (at least on console.) Could this mean we eventually see the next mainline Fallout and Elder Scrolls go exclusive to console on Xbox?
Reaching the biggest possible audiences has been the best margin play Xbox has had in recent years. Microsoft was previously driving Xbox to chase a 30% profit margin, and an easy way to do that is sell software wherever you can. However, Asha Sharma is not operating under that mandate. Instead, Sharma is operating under an ecosystem growth mandate.
Sharma has spoken at length about how her initial focus will be on Xbox's core: the console gamer. Console gamers in the Xbox ecosystem represent 4 times higher lifetime spending than other types of users across Microsoft's vast gaming ecosystem. On PC, they compete with Steam for margins. On mobile, they compete with well-established and dominant Eastern titles, while handing away millions to Apple and Google for the privilege.
Despite Xbox's retreat from PlayStation in the recent term, there remains tens of millions of active users in the Xbox ecosystem. These users are disproportionately passionate and spendy. Indeed, I would posit that anyone left in the Xbox ecosystem after all the disappointments represent the least "casually-invested" consumers in all of gaming potentially. Sharma wants to grow that base.
Zvon: Obsidian a anulat Avowed 2 si alte proiecte pentru a dezvolta un nou joc Fallout:
Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game - Bloomberg
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