How's Xbox Doing? Here Are The Big Takeaways From Microsoft Earnings

@Xristophoros: Like anyone cares what you of all people think about Xbox lmao

@Xristophoros: what do you think is going to happen when everyone has a 4k tv when GTA 6 comes out and the xboxone x has a price drop ? The xboxone x is just getting started. Just watch when microsoft shows halo 6 built from the ground up for the one x. I cant wait for the jaws to drop at e3

@Xristophoros: horizon is a over rated tomb raider clone. The best games sony put out in 4 years is god of war and uncharted 4. Sony fanboys love to think sony has better exclusives but when you really look its microsoft who has a stronger line up of first party games in almost every category lets see. quantum break vs detroit, killzone shadow fall vs halo 5 ,gears 4 vs uncharted 4 .god of war vs ryse ,gt sport and drive club vs forza horizon 2,forza 5,forza 6,forza 7 .knack vs recore ,ratchet and clank vs sunset over drive. Are you starting to see how stupid the " Xbox has no games or exclusives " sounds ? I'm not even going to add in the awesome 4k patch for red dead redemption or the best version of bayonetta outside the pc version. Xbox has games you sony fanboys just like to bash the xbox to make you feel better about owning only a ps4.

@Xristophoros:

[console I don't like] hardware sales year over year are in decline by substantial margins i would guess. even [company name I don't like] year over year total has dropped by [big number I just made up] units or so and [company I do like] is far more successful than [company I don't like] (goes without saying). it would be easy to see [console I don't like] sales dropping by [big number I just made up] units per year from here on out.

[Company I don't like] has not given gamers many reasons to purchase an [console I don't like] this generation... its response to its mistakes is to give people backwards compatibility, as if that is enough to make up for the lack of games THIS console generation? not to mention, a very small number of people actually care enough to play games from the [console I don't like] or even the [console I don't like] era in the first place. just a giant step backwards for the [console I don't like] brand no matter how you look or think about it.

how does [company I don't like] intend to correct this next console cycle? what reason do people have to trust [company I don't like] again with such a poor showing with the [console I don't like]? i think many people who left for [company I do like] will not be going back as they are having the time of their lives on [console I do like] and will do so again on [the next version of the console I do like]. in any case, [company I don't like] has a lot of work to do if it wishes to be competitive again.

@Xristophoros: who are you talking to? It just seems like your just having a convo in your head. There is no PROFIT in selling hardware. It's services that make PROFIT. Sony could sell as many consoles they want but if there is no continued engagement and service, then there is not profit

@skektek: you are incorrect this hasn't been the case since the last reorganization

@Defender1978: yeah im' in at over 700 on my xbox, 39 on ps4 and 9 on switch

@Defender1978: wait, it is the best console you have ever owned partly because it plays all your favourite xbox and 360 games? let us gloss over the fact that the x1 has the poorest output of exclusives of any xbox platform ever. but, partial backwards compatibility makes up for the poor showing of games THIS console generation? that is possibly the strangest defense i have ever seen.

@Defender1978: who has room for a PC anyway nowadays? i got rid of my PC years ago... taken over by iPads and such. Consoles are perfect

@jagdedge124: Well… not really. Huge mammoths have fallen before, and Microsoft is resting on their past laurels. Yes, it grew to become too big to fail… all of a sudden. But it has been digging its grave for a few years.

It all started a couple decades ago when MS was late to the internet party. Linux rose, and MS never managed to become the obvious choice for internet infrastructure. Then the iMac happened, and Windows steadily lost its absolute dominance in the PC space. And as mobile became the number one device for personal computing, MS saw its efforts in that space go completely awry.

Not to mention… AWS is killing Azure, Google Docs is murdering Office, Steam and Apple Store and Google Play are crushing MS Store and obviously, PlayStation is destroying the Xbox. Wherever I look, I see MS slowly fading away. Sure, they have the means to revert some if these tendencies or even become something else, fight other battles. But I just don't see that happening. MS is too slow… they always seem late to the party.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Microsoft fan. I love Windows, I use Visual Studio, I code in .NET, I prefer SQL Server and gosh, I even owned a couple Windows Phones. But I can't help the feeling I'm being the underdog. I don't know man, but I look at the likes of Google, Amazon and Apple and I just don't see MS succeeding in the 21st century.

@jagdedge124: it is also the way I see it despite being a PS fan. They are simply too big to fail and don’t have to take any risks.

@Kyrylo: Kill xbox? No way! Imagine a console world with only Sony and Nintendo. Boring. No thanks. I am grateful Microsoft entered the console world after Sega gave up their hardware business.

@Kyrylo: This is the most pointless and clueless comments ever. Next!

@Kyrylo: LOL... I recommend applying for a job there. Be sure to tell them that during the interview.

"I have this great plan where you guys forfeit $2.25B of quarterly revenue, plus the majority of your access to home entertainment user data."

Really go apply that MBA, chief.

@Kyrylo: you should be a Microsoft exec with pearls of wisdom like I just read

@nedrith: I am in the same situation as you. I own a PS4 and will either buy a pro or an xbox one x. I'm inclined to buy the xbox one. Otherwise I will miss out on Sunset Overdrive, Gears of War and Dead Rising 3. I'll also wait for E3 and then decide. I'm not going to wait for PS5, however. I highly doubt that it will be much more powerful than the xbox one x.

@nedrith: If you watch movies, there is simply no comparison between a 4K BluRay (for content originally recorded in that format) any anything else.

Add in GamePass w/the XOX, and you have the best of both worlds. No need to choose.

@nedrith: I see where you are coming from but if you already have a ps4 then why not go for the x.the pro is really underpowered than the x so a pro would be a pointless purchase.I olso spoiled myself wit a 4k tv so got an x.I have 144 games on it compared to 8 on my ps4.I'm not sure how close the specs are between the s and the pro but I have a s next to my x to play with my son since splitscreen gaming is dead and the difference between the two is massive so would imagine the same would be with the pro.