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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by tapoxi on Monday August 11, 2025 @05:31PM (#44869704)
Basically, PS5 sales recently reached 80 million. Xbox Series X/S is estimated about 30 million. They lost the generation where digital libraries were built and can't gain the market back.

There's been a lot of rumor lately that Xbox becomes a shell on top of Windows and just runs regular Windows games. The announcement of the Xbox ROG Ally using this same approach gives it a lot of weight.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by SlowTao on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:25PM (#44870993)
It is crazy how they managed the bungle the Xbox One launch at just the right time to cause this cascade of issues over a decade later. It doesn't help that MS haven't had a huge AAA exclusive title in a very long time. Now that they have started cutting in hard on their game dev teams, they may end up more like the Microsoft Studios before Xbox was a thing.
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