Xbox Shuts Down Tango Gameworks & Arkane Austin | Call of Duty Xbox Game Pass Problem - XB2 315

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I really do think this week was the final straw for a lot of people. It isn't just the closing of these studios that is so offensive, it's becoming painfully obvious that the Xbox leadership team has no strategy or vision whatsoever. They have just been throwing money at the problem for years. They know nothing about managing studios or cultivating creative talent. Phil Spencer and the rest of the team should resign. If 10 years at the helm and over $75 billion invested into new studios isn't enough to perform, I don’t think you're cut out for this job. They should all feel embarrassed and ashamed.

Jez is coping hard with this. I dont blame him for trying to stay positive, but people are slowly just walking away. In an era where xbox is chasing higher active users, but keeps bleeding fans this won't end good for xbox. I could get to the point were they are forced to leave the industry as a console maker and most people wouldn't even care.

People hate Microsoft for being intrusive but imagine investing billions of dollars and a decade into a part of your business and there is 0 turn around what’s so ever. These executives continue to fail and then make the devs suffer. Phil Spencer needs to go, lying out his ass for a decade now. Matt booty needs to go, cant manage studios at all. Aaron Greenberg needs to go, terrible marketing no one cares about the games or Xbox. Sarah bond needs to go, why are you talking about mobile when you console is dying and your fans are asking so much questions. It’s disgusting, get new leadership.

Timestamps Getting ready to go live 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 11:05 Xbox - 4 studios closure Sarah Bond Interview and other news 40:30 Stream issues 1:08:00 Return of stream (w/o issues) 1:17:05 Patreon Questions and Closing 3:23:05

It seems pretty clear to me that Xbox is moving into third party territory and acting more like a publisher than a console maker. That explains the tango closure to me.

Recent weeks have made it understandable why Microsoft doesn't report Xbox division's operating profit and margins.

So it's like all this hard work to get Japanese games on the platform was for nothing just to see it all go away again fantastic fml smh lol

Xbox content creators have huge blame too they been over 10 years supporting Phil Spencer horrendous leadership and now Xbox it's almost dead and they were accomplices.

I roll my eyes every time Jez brings up capitalism. I wont deny capitalism has its shortcomings, but Xbox has clearly been poorly managed. And in a capitalistic system, being poorly managed is one of the most dangerous situations a company can be in. I blame primarily Xbox management, not capitalism, for the closure of Tango games.

Microsoft need to make it crystal clear whether Game Pass subscriptions or sales determine whether a studio stays open for the sake of those people working at the studios.

Everyone talking about Phil and Sarah. What about Matt Booty? How have you not released a GOTY contender in over 10 years and still have a job. We want games and he has not delivered.

Subscribing to gamepass just for cod would not be worth it. You'll save more money just buying the game then to pay a monthly subscription.

xbox mindshare is done, sad to be honest.

Thank God, my priorities in life shifted some time ago and I am no longer as invested in gaming and Xbox as I used to. Otherwise this would be a super tough year for me

I actively lose IQ points when I hear people cry about capitalism on a gaming podcast

Video games need to sell. That’s the bottom line. Gamepass subs have stagnated because the 1st party offering has been slim pickings for years and years and people are canceling. And when you release stinker after stinker (mostly) for years on end, of course growth is gonna stagnate or even recede. It takes great games to sell a platform. That’s it. If Nintendo has sold 144M Switches, do you think it’s because it’s a powerful system? No. It’s because the games are fucking awesome. Games should always come first. And I think Xbox knows this, but they’re in too deep on Gamepass to backpedal out of the vision now. Wouldn’t go well with investors if they kill Gamepass. Plenty of people will take their money and run.

We looked too far into how the sausage was made. Sometimes ignorance is bliss Gamers just have to seperate the conglomerate from the product and just extract the Gamepass value for as long as its valuable to them because Microsoft is not reversing this trajectory

This one was difficult to watch, the mental gymnastics of Jez is outstanding.

Jez references to capitalism are laughable , he obviously has no idea what capitalism is .