Xbox Sucks

[@FortniteOG420]

Microsoft killed Minecraft, they killed Conker, they killed Viva Piñata, everything Microsoft touches dies

[@epzo]

once microsoft touches me ill die

[@Lop44]

Well said Walter

[@NTGJaguar]

@@FortniteOG420 as of June 2024 Minecraft had 172 million players that mont that is a dead game now I know I why don't work for Microsoft I mean 172 million

[@digiornopizza3469]

@NTGJaguar They quite literally increased the player count 10x by doing the right thing and porting it to every single platform instead of locking it down to Xbox and PC as an exclusive, which is 100% what Nintendo and Sony would have done have they bought Mojang. Yet it's somehow "dead" lmfao. People usually just don't think before they speak when it comes to Xbox.

[@NTGJaguar]

@@digiornopizza3469 i was getting at it wasnt dead 172 million is not a game there read between the lines Im on PC I dont have dog in this race but Microsoft killing Minecraft is slap ass stupid and makes no sense

[@saltymanga6841]

I have officially awarded this channel the highest honor I can bestow: Watching while eating.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

lets. fucking. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@gn2677]

Congratulations on the achievement

[@PlayStationVision123]

@@saltymanga6841 Same here! Great video

[@joesoe-p6d]

just finished some Mcdonalds too this video as well 😅

[@jimmynuetron9255]

Xbox: We need more good games in the future to make money Also Xbox: *Buys every single studio and immediately shuts them down*

[@angelrosas3724]

@@jimmynuetron9255 tango game works was a hidden gem of a studio. What a shame. If Phil wanted his own collection of classics to compete with Sony, they were right there.

[@jimmynuetron9255]

@@OogLavaStudio thats why the OUYA is the best console ever 🤷‍♂️

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@OogLavaStudio its in this video

[@slowpoke8585]

@@jimmynuetron9255 “THIS is for making better games than we EVER will!!!!”

[@OriginalEdition-bv2cz]

Xbox made 20 green metascore games out of 23 first party games since the begining of this generation. Xbox won Publisher of the Year 2021 thanks to the highest annual average metascore ever in History until today ! People should thanks developers instead of lying by saying none of Xbox games is good or good enough ! That's KZbinrs that destroy video games and Xbox, not MS that invest billions in Xbox !

[@celticwarrior5261]

The “ always online feature” is the reason why I switched over to Sony. I actually like to own the games I pay for 🤷‍♂️

[@markusmitchell8585]

I hate to break to you but you still don't own them

[@celticwarrior5261]

@@markusmitchell8585 You absolutely do. Plenty of PS4/PS5 games have the full game on the disc. It just doesn’t have the patches that were added later on.

[@domeplsffs]

@@markusmitchell8585 Mind elabortaing? It seems you're just posting random BS.

[@epzo]

@@markusmitchell8585bs

[@CraterCaster]

​@@domeplsffs i could be wrong but I believe they're talking about how no games are "owned" as they are essentially just licenses that give you access to the content. In the olden times when physical media (with actual games on them and not just drm+download link) was a thing it was as close to owning as you could come. But now that everything is online they can just remove their games from your account or delete the servers if they feel like it and you can't do anything about it. (Unless you only buy drm-free/offline/selfhosted or pirated games). I believe Ubisoft is getting a lot of hate right now for how they are removing old games and treating their players.

[@gustavocve1779]

I've been an xbox player for almost 20 years now, but I gave up. I'm not paying for gamepass, I like to own my stuff. Xbox haven't made a single good exclusive for the last 10 years now. I'm done with it. I've never seen a company so missmanaged and lost in my life, making stupid decisions after stupid decisions.

[@johnathanross6519]

@@gustavocve1779 Same here. Been a fan since the OG Xbox. After the XBONE debacle, I left and went PC and PS4. Spencer gave me optimistism and I went back to Xbox with the Series X and now it's a paper weight. The brand is a husk of it's former self. It's a service now, and not a platform anymore. And it's hardly a good one too. I hate where gaming is and where it's going.

[@YoungMrBlue]

They went from being the peak that was the 360 to being a complete ghost

[@marcusjohnson7321]

They're not trying on purpose. The goal is to make Xbox a 3rd party. And Gamepass is the GAAS.

[@Jago-pl7op]

"Don't be an Asmongold." I gotta subscribe now.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

I vow to never have a bet cockroach!

[@phamquanghuy8000]

@@KindofBradAtThis Or smearing blood to his walls and left it there because he is too lazy to clean them.

[@petrelWoo]

Subbed, too. Asmongold and Luke Stephens are the worst.

[@evangardner9222]

@@petrelWoo what’s wrong with Luke? I get asmongold but I think Luke has insightful opinions

[@dains6623]

Solid take ngl

[@ConnerFilms]

That press conference in 2013 was the day I stepped away from Xbox…and moved to PlayStation and honestly I don’t regret it. I got to play games I never got to play and games that I wanted to play!

[@inyourgranmaass3605]

@ConnerFilms Playstation sucks two where are the games they are really no different then xbox you think Sony is the holy grail

[@BlerdyQuad92]

@@ConnerFilms you're joking right? That was loke 12 yrs ago and you're still on that? Lol

[@VicInNocal]

@@ConnerFilms Xbox360 and PS4 is the combo to have. I have enough games and backlog to last me a lifetime.

[@ZimmermanTelegram]

And now you have to move to Xbox again because PS releases games like Concord...

[@FiniteRich]

but you do really, low key you kinda hate having to pay for cloud saves and having the shittier version of game pass and are really worried about playstation's roadmap when concord is what you are being offered, but it's ok, you aren't missed 😂

[@k3v1nkuu15]

I just hate how Xbox chose the lazy route and instead of making interesting new games they buy COD and Fallout.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

And then the next fallout is 10 years away minimum 😭

[@turtato2155]

​​@@KindofBradAtThisbruh didn't fallout 76 come out in 2018... Wait that's been 6 years already. Damn fallout fans about to wait 16 years ☠️

[@BlerdyQuad92]

You must have missed the last decade of cool games and the showcase from june

[@kubeanie18]

says south of midnight indiana jones.. on and on stop it with the lies

[@UhohGundam]

A business does what's best for the business buying studios is the safer bet, especially when it's a purchase that allows you to get cod. Also can take teams from the Activision merger to make new exciting IPs.

[@TJOEL20]

Playing Glover is my favorite past time. Shitting on Xbox’s bizarre business decisions is a close second.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

If this comment gets 5k likes, I'll make a video about Glover

[@TJOEL20]

@@KindofBradAtThis I don’t think there are more than like 5 Glover fans in existence tbh

[@ryanseegmiller225]

@@KindofBradAtThis This is outrageous. It's unfair. How can you say you'll make a glover video and demand likes for one.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@TJOEL20 if there are 5 glover fans in the world, I’m one of them. If there are NO glover fans in the world, I’m dead.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@ryanseegmiller225 Bradith giveth, Bradith taketh

[@musclespy575]

That crucial part “streaming doesn’t work, look at what they did to music and movies”…. If Xbox wins all gamers will lose. Practically steam, Nintendo and ps are carrying gaming as we know, being different enough to don’t let themselves monopolize the market. But with infinite money glitch Xbox can destroy everything

[@scottthesecondcoming]

sony's been having ups and down recently, steam and nintendo are our only hope

[@tomwhite7022]

Raising the gamepass price is so annoying

[@KindofBradAtThis]

Paywalling day one games is definitely a strategy

[@epzo]

@@KindofBradAtThis240 USD a year for mid xbox games and okay indie games that would be more cheaper to be buying it than subscribing to gamepass, is so funny to me. theres literally 0 reason to get an xbox let alone gamepass. funny, even the ps5 is useless tbh, just their exclusives are carrying. same with nintendo

[@rhysoneill7399]

Fans be going for that case of mental gymnastics. PlayStation + 35% price increase for 2 hours demos and streaming older gen games. No one bats an eye. Gamepass ultimate goes up by £2 even though it includes day and date exclusives ,cloud gaming ,ea play . Fans lose their mind

[@yomamasohot6411]

@@rhysoneill7399 Have fun watching your beloved Xbox die a slow death. I'll be sipping tea playing Xbox games on my PS5.

[@rhysoneill7399]

@yomamasohot6411 Even though PlayStation is a higher selling console, I'd bet money PlayStation is gonna die first. For instance, xbox knocked it out of the park with their state of play. Most of PlayStations' new games are remakes (aside from stellar blade and hell diver 2) Why was PlayStation so scared of cod being on gamepass? It's pretty simple the console space is made up of 90% casual gamers,who tend to play games like. Fifa Cod Fortnite Madden Nhl Minecraft Why will people spend 70 bucks on one game when they could spend 14.99 a month and get cod alongside 100s of other games?

[@thewarden6050]

Gotta love the fact they also decided to now charge 75 bucks a year to play online now, what a joke, shows you how much they actually care about they're long time fans, this ain't the golden age anymore, we are in the dark ages.

[@krilzlocc1977]

You fans didn't care enough to support the brand so what did you expect? Bragging that gamepass was the best deal in gaming, how that turn out in the long run?

[@jase276]

The irony. Xbox started the whole "pay for online with subscriptions" and Sony followed suit. Now, Sony raised prices of subscriptions and Xbox has followed suit. Console gaming has fallen.

[@jase276]

@@krilzlocc1977 Absolutely comical how everyone bragged about "Day One! Free on GP Day One!" and now most won't even have it day one unless they pay a premium

[@tyjones9864]

huh? it's still cheaper than ps+ and prices naturally go up over time... what more can u ask for?

[@TheSlideCell]

@@krilzlocc1977 And people get mad at Nintendo for charging $20 per year with other benefits.

[@ARStudios2000]

6:12 Okay not gonna lie, the crowd being dead silent at that segment was actually hilarious

[@x0nix]

i hate xbox for introducing pay to play with your own internet

[@Logan-bd6fq]

Everybody seems to forget how they buried Project Spark, and Fable Legends

[@MrDemonsushii]

@@Logan-bd6fq I didn’t. And fable legends getting canned made my friend put xbox one last on his list of consoles to buy at the time.

[@YoungMrBlue]

And the Phantom Dust remake

[@NostraSamus]

“Sucks” would be an upgrade from their current status.

[@NoMadKid]

Nintendo and Sony are shady but they know how to do their job to shut us up.

[@bellissimo4520]

What multi-billion company is not "shady"?

[@NoMadKid]

@@bellissimo4520 exactly, what I meant they aren’t incompetent. They have satisfying rebounds after few slowdowns or letdowns.

[@1moblin2]

i like anything the amazing Japanese of nintendo & sony playstation does over anything the americans of microsoft xbox do anyday ...Long Live Japan & Japanese/Asian Games!

[@jase276]

Sony, not so much these days. Nintendo, yes

[@fillsbury8304]

@@1moblin2 Japanese devs have been just as stagnant as western devs. Just look at the hundreds of mediocre grindy JRPGs they sh*t out in the last 15 years, who wants to waste 100+ hours of their lives on a game that is just okay?

[@color2550]

"I say 60 but now we say 70 for some reason" lmao

[@KindofBradAtThis]

THEY LITERALLY MAKE MORE PER SALE NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS DIGITAL!!!! RAAAHH

[@foufoufun]

I wish I could still pay 70$ for a game (crying in Canadian dollars)

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@foufoufun atleast you’ve got Tim Hortons 🥲

[@foufoufun]

@@KindofBradAtThis Yeah, Tim Hortons is great... when they are not out of crispy chicken.

[@vanthursday]

I hate subscription based. They did it with Autodesk and Adobe. Those companies used to have One-Time Purchased products.

[@ForzaJuventus-z5h]

Lol Gamepass is the greatest thing in gaming history

[@Bacondude77]

@@ForzaJuventus-z5h But you don’t actually own the games. They are subscriptions. What happens when the game is removed from Game Pass? Or you don’t have internet? You kinda are f***ked over.

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

Not once have I reached a point where I seriously considered buying an Xbox and it's because of how stupid their decisions can be. Like Sony's not immune to stupid either especially recently but Xbox somehow out perfoms them in that area every time. Ontop of that they never had a defining idenity compared to Sony or Nintendo, if you were to ask a random person what Xbox's best series is chances are they'll either be confused or need a minute to think about it. And the answer will almost always be Halo and nothing else. But if you were to ask that same question for Playstion and Nintendo you'd get a bunch of different answers instantlt. My point is that Xbox does'nt have the first party icons that can draw people in guaranteed, and that's because they spend too much time on what everyone else is doing as opposed to how to build out their core idenity. It's all finally catching up to them and they just refuse to own up to any of it. I want Xbox to still be around but that won't happen if they keep doubling down the path their currently on.

[@deadlocked5337]

@@Cloud-dt6xb You're right, when I think of Nintendo or PlayStation, there's that 'SOMETHING' that defines them, that brand identity that consecrates them, with Xbox I don't feel that, and Xbox 360 I only had it because it talks about PC games that were ported there (Left 4 Dead)

[@Leonard_Washington76]

I think gaming is going to go back the physical route. If you look at the movie community a lot of people are dropping streaming services and going back to purchasing movies physically

[@Xdenge420]

no they're not

[@DarkflameZM]

Nope.

[@fillsbury8304]

I have over 2000+ physical games spanning over 40 years on many different consoles and handhelds, but these are the last dying gasps of the physical game. If I were to bet, I'd wager the next console generation will be the last console generation to have physical games.

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

I definetly hope so, it's helping that these companies just keep showing why you don't want a digital only future.

[@YaowBucketHEAD]

Physical is 99% gone. Digital is very much more profitable and easier for consumers. I hate it personally, but I'm not surprised either.

[@Bacondude77]

Someone better pick up the phone because I f***king called it. I had a felling Microsoft was going to take a massive sh1t on the Xbox brand after a stellar reveal of games and Fanboys called me a pony, Sony fanboy, and other stupid names. Microsoft doesn’t care about players everyone is a dollar sign in their eyes.

[@Uhh537]

Fun fact Xbox is going to get sued see there is a rule with buying Activision that they cannot raise the price for game pass...

[@osets2117]

Do you really think they didn't plan for that? The base game pass is still the same price, the deal had nothing in it about multiple plans.

[@alexjackyperson101]

​@@osets2117 mate when I bought PC gamepass it was 11.99 a month but now it's 14.99

[@ShawnSmith-420]

you really think a company worth 3.3 trillion dollars would lose a lawsuit with so many obvious loop holes like multiple plans.🤣

[@osets2117]

@@ShawnSmith-420 the same people think Microsoft wouldn't be able to purchase Valve

[@Uhh537]

@@osets2117 hey you should watch this whole video cuz then you can learn something it's called they raise the price.

[@Ushi_archive]

I remember my uncle only wanting an xbox cause of cuphead but he held off as all his friends were on PlayStation. He was so happy when it came to the ps4 a couple years back lol.

[@bellissimo4520]

Only to learn that it is so god-damn hard that he'd never get past the 1st level...

[@Arihall2024]

Game pass ultimate is at 20 dollars a month now, this aged like fine wine

[@MegaDrain]

I'm not really an xbox guy, I'm primarily playstation, the bulk of my xbox play time even now comes from playing my rgh 360. So I don't play current xbox games, but I don't want Xbox to fail. That would be really bad. When Sony gets too comfortable like they did with the success of the ps2, we get a PS3 with 20gb at $500 and a 60gb at $600. When they get comfortable, they think they can do anything. Thankfully they capitalized on their success with the ps4 into the ps5, but going into the ps6 I hope they don't get drunk on power again.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

Well said

[@slowpoke8585]

@@MegaDrain Yeah, seriously. Sony can get comfortable and end up churning out garbage. Competition is good!

[@fillsbury8304]

They're already getting drunk, I think. The PS5 console in and of itself is awesome, but it's a barren wasteland when it comes to next gen first party titles.

[@mariothemii]

I am halfway through and I JUST KNOW that this is one of you're best videos yet. I am in love with your editing style, speech, humor and everything. Music and sounds are great and are never at the wrong volumes too. I don't wanna sound like I'm glazing but I love your videos and if I ever start up a channel, yours would be what I would look at as an example

[@KindofBradAtThis]

Wow, thank you! This just made my day

[@samuelfoster8615]

I agree. This is one of my favorite videos about modern gaming and the problems with the industry. Most videos just blame everything on microtransactions

[@PokémonTCGPC]

I believe that Xbox Decline started at 2010 with E3 2010. An E3 they spent 20m on core games and then spend the rest of the time on Kinect and varied apps. This direction Microsoft continued with during 2011 and 2012, which created the meme of Forza,Halo,Gear. Because it seemed like they could only release these games in addition to the Kinect games.

[@PokémonTCGPC]

@Jlacker xbox 360 first 4 year consisted of more then just fps. amped 3 crackdown dead rising viva pinata banjo kazooie 3 fusion frenzy blue dragon lost oddsey your in the movie xbox own buzz games Edf 2017 Project gotham Forza Fable Gun Dead or Alive Lips serie Naruto broken/ Rise Saint row 1 Ninja Gaiden 2 Chromehounds And we can also add the wast amount of arcade And indie games+ all the noone exklusive games. E.x

[@jase276]

Xbox fell with the Xbone and never got back up. It's always been a back and forth between Xbox and Playstation. One gets cocky and blows it then the other shows up and takes over. Xbox and PS2 pretty neck and neck but PS2 won out. PS3 dropped the ball, Xbox 360 cleaned up for that gen. Then Xbone dropped the ball, and PS4 cleaned up that gen. Now, both are fumbling. PS5 at least still has games, tho

[@Litnigmkween]

Phil Spencer? More like Feels Pettier (than any other living human)

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@Litnigmkween and here I thought Lies of P was just a game name

[@JuanitoMedz]

Fail Spencer!

[@RealSoulFireStudios]

I will never forgive them for closing Tango Gameworks. It’s that simple.

[@MemecastGuy]

Same with Sony but for Japan Studio

[@jimmymac2292]

I think you need help. Business of any sort are not worth being this emotional about

[@adilmait6005]

​@@jimmymac2292 That's what I'm thinking about, you are as a gamer you play games and you take the best deals, who gives a fuck about comoany's financial shit

[@RealSoulFireStudios]

@@jimmymac2292 I'm allowed to be upset at a successful game studio that I really liked closing for no reason, my dude.

[@jimmymac2292]

@RealSoulFireStudios sure, you are allowed. But it's weird having emotional connections to studios to the point of not letting go. Furthermore, Zenimax wasn't able to keep them and remain sustainable. Be mad at Microsoft, but it's likely theybwould have been closed even if Microsoft didn't purchase Zenimax

[@floppa9415]

At so obvious that nobody at Xbox is in sync on when the time is right to cash out. Like obviously that's the whole point of their business eventually. Right now they probably don't make a lot of profit because clearly they are dead last and have a small customer base. So they need be the "good guy" and throw out some bones to gamers to lure them back into the ecosystem so they can start milking them later. But its clear to me that they internally haven't a clear leader on who decides what when that has come. Like why would you make a good deal like game pass and invest a lot of money and time in getting great backwards compatibility that gets people excited while at the same time acting desperately to turn Halo infinite into a microtransaction profit generator or try to sell the most expensive SSDs with a huge markup (I'm talking about the expansion cards) and now jacking up the prices of gamepass. Like if you are constantly flip flopping between "doing great stuff" and "doing horrible stuff" people are gonna mostly remember the horrible stuff and the good stuff might as well be worthless.

[@jiggerypokery2962]

I hate how xbox people say "Engagement is what's important". Then I come with the PlayStations engagement numbers (3.8 Billion hours/month) and they won't so me theirs. It's not fair.

[@ZimmermanTelegram]

Show me MAU numbers

[@admiralalyssa]

Omg, I just realized Xbox is the equivalent of Syndrome from The Incredibles. While Sony and Nintendo have a natural aptitude to identify great teams and solid games, there is Xbox with its infinite wallet trying to compete with the supers. Now Xbox is jumping ship to PC, they push closer and closer to having a Sega moment and just becoming a publisher. I hope Xbox recovers with E-Day and Fable and shows the industry they can still foster great games in-house, because without them it lets Sony return to their PS3 arrogance, and no one wants to see that.

[@MemecastGuy]

@@admiralalyssa Sony has already started to show that arrogance. Apparently, for the upcoming Sonic Generation X Shadow game, they did pay for exclusive content, but it’s what they made exclusive that confused me. The thing that they made exclusive for their platform only was additional prologue cutscenes, I kid you not.

[@spankrocketgaming294]

Sony is also focusing on PC . Whats your point?

[@yomamasohot6411]

@@MemecastGuy There is no point crying about exclusivity when it has been an industry staple since it's inception and used by every player on the field. You may not like it but it gives the platform the edge it needs. It will never change.

[@jase276]

Fable looks awful, it's only saving grace is MAYBE the gameplay but since we've seen so little of it I'll hold off on that. E-Day is just a CGI trailer proof of concept and judging by the last two GoW games, I doubt they have the vision to even make it work. If those two games are Xbox's last bastion... it's over. Not that it matters, anyway. Ever since the start of this gen, Xbox has wanted to shift to being the Netflix of gaming with its GamePass. Phil already admitted that they don't care about making games anymore, and it's selling less consoles than its competitors. Studios THEY BOUGHT OUT put out a game and then Xbox closes them down. There is no future for Xbox like this.

[@Battleguy04]

@@yomamasohot6411 Exactly. Exclusives sell consoles. Multiple past failed consoles have proved this. If every console offered the same games then what's the point in owning a console than having everything on your PC? Console sales would plummet.

[@TheLastDaysOfSorrow]

you could've also gotten into the weird parasocial relationships Xbox execs formed and endorsed with their fanbase - especially Xbox-centric influencers, who have created numerous echochamber communities where they celebrate this weird "sports-team" console warrior mentality. Spencer and Game Pass were literally deified - especially during the ABK deal.

[@makikuma91]

Jeebus, that amount of editing is crazy for just throwing a poob in eggsbox's face. I like that little purple playtatatotopus thingie. Needs some serious headpats.

[@slowpoke8585]

I just wanna say that I never EVER had any faith in XBox. They’re so “corporate” that they don’t understand what makes gaming GREAT. I saw it when they unveiled the very first XBox. I knew it back then and I’ve been saying it since. I don’t consider XBox a serious contender in the gaming sphere.

[@digiornopizza3469]

Just admit you're biased lil bro. Even if you hate them, you'd only stand to lose as a Sony/Nintendo consumer from watching them go.

[@osets2117]

Saying they're not a real contender is being moronic

[@digiornopizza3469]

@@osets2117 Saying they're "too corporate" is also so idiotic. Do they also think Nintendo is just a small little company of guys making video games for fun and not of the biggest corporations in Japan, literally so ruthless they crush their own fans under lawsuits and cease and desist orders? If they said they didn't like Xbox because they're green it would've been a more profound statement than whatever this is.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@digiornopizza3469comparatively, Xbox has 3x more employees

[@ShawnSmith-420]

@@KindofBradAtThis comparatively, xbox is also owned by the richest company in the world so they are naturally gonna have more employees

[@1moblin2]

E3 1995 ($299) & E3 2013 was greatest E3's ever. Sony completely obliterated all competition. but that Sony 2013 E3 was the most funniest, craziest, most insane, most loudest of people screaming non stop, most out of this world complete destruction of xbox i ever seen. microsoft & xbox still can't come back from what happened to them on that day. i never seen anyone get roasted bad like that in E3...... we will never see another E3 ever again all because Sony stopped coming to the events & yes we all know that E3 was, might as well say, basically created by Sony in 1995 showing off their PlayStation consoles & their games which is mostly the only real reason why people even came to E3 events literally

[@frankkennedy6388]

"Contemplating your life and how you got to that moment" That's what I was thinking missing out on all the PS4 Exclusives everyone was raving on about. Now I have a PS5 and found out I wasn't missing much with these Walking Sims and other samey Exclusive games. Also I heard the PS2 had the best games at the time. And it was a dvd player! How could you not be satisfied!

[@Helldiver_RX]

Microsoft is basically Sid from Toy Story. They buy so many massive IPs but destroy them, cobble them together and make abominations that nobody likes.

[@kellymoses8566]

Anyone who actually PLAYED games would know why the Kinetic was a failure and requiring it with the next console was very VERY stupid.

[@rabahaicha7724]

Xbox one and the win 8 is huge mess that they bricked a world record of destroying a successful thinks in a seconds

[@MrEffectfilms]

One more thing I want to point out. Nintendo didn't take pay cuts and refuse to fire employees out of the goodness of their hearts. Japanese protection laws are in place to stop this from happening, it can still happen but they'd have to go to court and convince the judge that this is indeed necessary. They didn't lay people off and fire them because doing so would have been illegal.

[@tio8194]

How dare you insult the great Miyamoto, he took a 30% pay cut willingly along with other board members

[@MrEffectfilms]

@@tio8194 I didn't insult anyone, I'm stating facts. And do you really think he would have taken that pay cut if the law didn't basically force him to?

[@tio8194]

@@MrEffectfilms i looked it up before i commented and everywhere it says he did it “willingly”. The Wii U was a massive failure and id bet he couldve fired employees within the confines of the protection law but the japanese have a different work culture than the west. I forget the actual quote and i cant find it but he essentially said “how can i expect employees to do their best work if they feel like their job is threatened?”. And look at them now

[@tio8194]

@@MrEffectfilms i know the video game industry is cutthroat and greedy af but is it so crazy to believe there is ONE man out there who cared? Say what you want about their business practices and how they sell their products, they definitely can be petty af lol, but Miyamoto was an artist and had a real love for gaming.

[@MrEffectfilms]

@@tio8194 It's entirely possible he's a saint in a world of scum, yes but I don't know him and so I'm hesitant to make such assumptions. All I know is that he didn't fire anyone and Japanese job protection laws likely wouldn't have let him anyway.

[@YoungMrBlue]

9:24 *VERY* important detail here, Don Mattrick wasn’t kicked out he left the company to die, didn’t even let them know ahead of time and left them without any replacement ready

[@kitestar]

They may suck eggs now, but the _single_ thing that’s carrying them is the BC (backwards compatibility) program. But for how much longer now their goodwill is imploding?

[@LuigIan2000]

2:43 At long last, a youtube video that puts the PROPER amount of anguish into the Hi-Fi RUSH grieving!

[@mysticmind4563]

@@LuigIan2000 Oh, the pain. It may fade, but it will be very long before it's forgotten.

[@Lone483-j8r]

I grew up with Xbox I hope they'll be okay

[@GodOfOrphans]

I hate how obvious the problems with Xbox are both to see coming and in hindsight. I have 0 experience in corporate yet I could fix the problems overnight, I'd stake my life on it, but because I'm not a bloody soulless suit in the big club I'll never get the chance to prove it.

[@TPG25153]

1 month Later - Indiana Jones Coming To PlayStation Spring 2025 - Phil Spencer Said Xbox ( The Brand ) Needs PlayStation To Stay Alive - Xbots Are on a Watch List and Are coping VERY hard - Meanwhile PlayStation Gamers Playing Black Myth Wukong and Some are Playing Concord ( This Guy Typing ) While Getting Astro Bot Soon Edit : - Also Microsoft Sold Tango Studio To KRAFTON With The Hi-Fi Rush IP

[@richallenxbox1976]

Oh come on, even the most hardcore Ponies said Concord was arguably THE biggest flop in the history of flops.

[@TPG25153]

@@richallenxbox1976 that comment was a mouth old concord just died a few weeks ago so sorry i cant see the future

[@jacobdearman4964]

They could've had a W with Indiana but they had to give that one away too.

[@Battleguy04]

This is the best video covering the current state of the gaming industry other than Self Deficient's video "Modern Gaming". You got everything correct down to the detail. The sad reality is that Xbox is nothing more than a science fair project to Microsoft due to them being one of the richest companies in the world to fund it. We can act like corporations are stupid as much as I want to believe that but in reality they make choices that go against consumers because it is what they want. These corporations would rather collapse bankrupt making choices that benefit them the most than change their ways to benefit the consumer. There's two good examples already from Microsoft. The Windows Phone, and the Zune. Microsoft refused to let these opportunities that would've given consumers a lot of power blossom since they weren't overnight successes. Xbox will go down this path too. I'm not a doomer and want to stay optimistic but Microsoft will delay Xbox's death as long as possible by adapting as rapidly as possible even if it harms human life by massive layoffs. As you mentioned though this is more of a society issue. It boils down to simple corporate greed. The 80's to early 2000's were the days of innovation finding out what works. Companies were on their knees begging people to use their products as they were forced to give a shit about the consumer by taking risks to make original innovative products so they could be the next big thing. Nowadays it's the other way around. Everything is bland, boring, mainstream, and safe. Companies don't want change as they would have to start all over again which means they won't be making as much profit as possible. When Phil Spencer said "Good games won't save Xbox" he was actually saying "We don't want change". It goes against the status quo. Innovation is frozen in time. Companies do not want things to advance or move on. They'd rather everybody use the same services now for the rest of time if they could and will shut down anyone that tries to change that. Even if Xbox was to start making good games the next day they wouldn't be making as much profit as possible. More like not as much as how they want to make it. There are other ways of making a profit besides just raw sales. Data harvesting game pass users and selling it to other companies is an example. Everything is connected. Companies benefit each other. It's how the system is designed. However it's more obvious now than ever. Nothing is built to last. Take a look at Toyota in the automobile industry with their recalls recently. Companies want you to keep coming back as many times as possible so you can keep giving them more money which is why they design awful products. It's also why the only new changes companies make are removing your options especially long term so you keep coming back only to them such as ditching physical media asap. They refuse to abandon the streaming service as it's the best way for corporations to decide how, when, and where you use a product. The sheer convenience is what draws in the largest crowd being the average joe's. Convenience kills quality. It will be the death of many media's one day. Thanks for reading my extremely long two cents. :D

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@Battleguy04 always appreciate the long winded 2 cents!

[@Battleguy04]

@@KindofBradAtThis :D

[@firstnamemclastname9490]

I feel like there's a way to reconcile having Game Pass as an all-time deal while not anhilating developers. First, I think they have to abolish the day one release strategy 100%. I would stay subscribed even if AAA games came out several months after release because Game Pass is best for games that you would like to play, but wouldn't spring the money on normally.

[@TheSpeedyBoi]

This explained a lot. Makes me incredibly worried for all the other studios under Xbox's control... Also I found out through this video that Arcane Austin were the people behind Dishonored. That makes me wanna cry, dishonored is one of the best stealth games I've ever played :(

[@KindofBradAtThis]

So the Arkane thing is really interesting and confusing for a few people! To make it even simpler for people: Lyon: Dishonored 1, the DLCs, Dishonored 2, DOTO, Deathloop Austin: Dishonored 1, the DLCs, Prey, Mooncrash, Redfall While Dishonored will exist without Austin, they’ve lost Harvey Smith and Ricardo Bare. Smith was co-director on Dishonored and director on Dishonored 2. Bare worked on Dishonored and was the lead on the Daud DLC AND lead designer on Prey! Unbelievably dumb move on Microsoft’s part

[@TheSpeedyBoi]

@@KindofBradAtThis ok so theres still a chance for dishonored to come back, nice. Still, that's awful man, they made awesome games!

[@fatherfrias4481]

Someone hates Phil

[@RBFR01]

What I find interesting is Microsoft has all the time in the world to re start the shut down studios and they also have said it was a mistake to shut down Tango but yet here we are and they're still shut down... The Xbox 360 was so successful because the games were so good and weren't woke, broken or greedy. The Xbox 360 had soul and was made by passionate devs who genuinely liked the games they were working on example Gears Of War devs adding in things like speed reloading that made the game so much better and loved by literally everyone. Halo 3 was so good people literally brought a console just to play that game. No new games are good enough to go and buy a console just to play them and that's part of why console is dying. Great games create great memories and those great memories creates love for those games, franchises, consoles, Xbox brand and the entire company. The reason Xbox is dying at a very fast rate and why people are playing older or old games is because of Greed, Wokeness, Microtransactions, Subscriptions, Memberships, Loot boxes ect... Gamers hate that garbage fact. We don't want any microtransactions, subscriptions, wokeness ect... it ruins games completely and destroys the entire franchise, console, console brand, all respect for the company and the companies reputation. This is why Microsoft is suffering so much financially. No one literally no one wants wokeness, live service games, digital games, lazy broken games, greed ect... These things are the leading causes of why games sell so terribly and why people are just not buying games but until Microsoft learn this they will just keep destroying themselves and Phil Spencer is not the correct person for the position he is in imo. His not a gamer, he doesn't care and just does what Microsoft tells him to do and it's what we currently have which is well.... dog shit. Game Pass is good in theory but in reality isn't purely because Xbox Live access used to cost $80 yearly and then $90 and now $140 for basic Xbox Live access and that's just terrible and bullshit. Microsoft are forcing players to buy Game Pass Ultimate or they get 0 perks but it's $240 yearly.... also there are no good games period. The modern gaming experience is woke, microtransaction and subscription filled broken buggy live service digital garbage so naturally no one wants an Xbox. Backwards compatibility isn't the correct decision to make and never was even tho it is nice but Sony did it right. Just put the disk in from an old or older console and it just works on the new one at a higher or smoother fps it's why gamers love it.

[@rainbowpandafish]

Whenever I think about how everyone immediately started calling it the "Xbone" I have to crack a nostalgic smile. How could they have missed that.

[@TheIndulgers]

Yes. Microsoft sucks. They are trying to keep up with Sony's constant Ls.

[@He_isI]

Xbot hate for PS is real. lol

[@jonboymk1bridgemaryfront889]

you know xbox in trouble when alot of xboxers are playing older classic titles cos newer gam3s are poo

[@NineArc]

videos like these are very fascinating. gamers are finally realising that the industry is dead in the water, and are attempting to diagnose why. point the finger at loot boxes, microtransactions, live service, whatever. the problem is you. its always been you. gamers are terrible game critics, and woefully uninformed (ignorant) consumers. gamers, in general, dont know what does into making a game, how much it costs, how the industry works, they couldnt tell you what makes a good game good and a bad game bad (that, or theyre bad at articulating it). things cannot get better if the consumer does not even know what better means.

[@AdmiralBison]

Microsoft wants to replace Xbox with subscription services. EU, UK and FTC ought to just break Xbox away from Microsoft and charge the corporation with anti-trust measures. Screw the MS bootlickers.

[@lammyjammer6670]

I'm convinced they're killing the day one tier over time or at the very least jacking up the price to the point where it doesn't make sense. Standard is what Gamepass should've been to be sustainable. Sony had the right idea with their tiers: offer first party games that aren't selling well anymore on the subscription over time. Sony double dips with their model: they keep their cheap audience on the hook with the subscription while the people who want the games upon release can pay full price as usual.

[@NapoleonMclov]

i don't care if microsoft sucks i'm just having fun with my xbox series s instead of ps fan boys thinking everything on the ps5 is the best

[@edwin768]

I don’t understand how people hate Xbox it’s a damn good console, the games I play run smooth af, gamepass is pretty bad ass imo, so I just don’t understand why it gets hate

[@23dayslater95]

@@edwin768 because playstation fans refuse to leave xbox players alone

[@Manic_Panic]

The games run fine on either console nowadays as long as they're well built. Gamepass is not "bad ass", it's a bad deal. Once you're done with the Xbox Series, nothing will remain on your library and companies outside of Microsoft will take losses that could put them out of business. Also, it only has an actual good game once every blue moon. Though it's not like Sony isn't much different since the launch of the PS5, good games are rare for both platforms now.

[@ma-jn4ds]

As a new xbox owner playing halo and gears for the first time is great but damn the closure of a modern classic like hi fi rush is a really bad look

[@ayooeverything]

Such a well thought out video about how Nintendo and Sony sucks. Kinda nice to see no Xbox slander or hate in the comment section for a change. 10 out of 10 video!

[@nicholasdelaney1407]

@@ayooeverything Actaully there's a lot of Xbox hate in the comments, there was even this Pony who said: "Xbox is garbage! PlayStation is good! And if you disagree you're an idiot!" There is plenty of toxic hate in the comments...

[@slidersides]

Xbox is solely the reason why I’m about to become a PlayStation guy instead of an Xbox guy

[@ArcadeBloom190]

Ive always been an Xbox gal, less by choice and moreso because I've had my account since the 360 days and really dont wanna move platforms and lose everything I have in the Xbox ecosystem Every year though its harder and harder to defend them. They keep buying and closing studios, ruining series I like, claiming to be pro consumer and game preservationists despite constantly showing the opposite Just please get your act together y'all

[@kickusername]

Just switch to PS

[@nothingtoseehere8336]

@@kickusernamei wish I could but for my family and me Xbox is always cheaper, and also I’ve been a Xbox bro since the original Xbox *I didn’t get it on launch day but it was my first console since I was pretty broke*

[@kickusername]

@@nothingtoseehere8336 Dude. My first console was a 360 and an OG Xbox. And I switched to PS+PC. Brand loyalty is stupid, they don't care about you. Lol ''Xbox bro''. Buy what suits your needs, not because of some loyalty.

[@nothingtoseehere8336]

@@kickusername I mean Xbox does suit my needs, I always loved the controller and the games were always so fun

[@kickusername]

@@nothingtoseehere8336 That's fine then. I was just saying. Buy what suits your needs. That's Xbox. For the controller and the games. My point is, don't buy something out of loyalty.

[@deathlock9979]

I don't care about game pass. But the online should be free or have a cheap option that just gives you multiplayer access. Xbox has gone out of their way time and time again to screw over the old guard that made the brand what it is today and honestly, I think it's time to move on to pc.

[@cerealkiller29]

The current director of Overwatch 2 is Aaron Keller who was a map designer for overwatch 1

[@jkfd97]

The only thing worse than the final Xbox 360 marketplace sale is the editing and commentary in this video. Absolutely horrendous.

[@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel]

How?

[@RyanHalladay]

Concord is killing gaming!

[@sneepsn00p7]

I've switch to steam for a majority of my games. Mostly for trying out a new platform, but seeing this slop of a company, I don't know if I wanna play Xbox anymore. Sure, steam is another company by the same shitty practices. But it's better for the moment. I do play live service from time to time, and that's fine, but mostly, I'd like to own what I pay for, not a ever rising in pticr subscription that can be revoked at any time; If I can find it and run it, I use GOG. I want to own my games. The only reason I use steam and Xbox, is cause they have games that are not on gog yet. It better yet, I mostly play Xbox because I love For Honor, but because Ubisoft is a giant shitstain, and refuses to support cross progression, moving to another platform with the game erases all the hours and characters I earnednin the game.

[@Battleguy04]

25:08 Do it. You are completely right. More people need to know how important actually owning your games are and if companies get to choose where, when, and how you play your games that the gaming industry will crash again.

[@lazygamr3158]

I like the point you made about the ps plus game trials but the problem with it is it’s on the most expensive tear off ps plus which isn’t really worth the money especially in Australia where I live.

[@Matrix1Gamer]

It's crucial for Microsoft to offer flexibility rather than forcing Game Pass on its user base. Providing a variety of purchasing options would likely lead to increased customer satisfaction and broader market reach. Love this video!

[@wafflytundra]

I still like my xbox and i just want to play games as long as you enjoy games its all good maybe xbox will try and at least fix things i hope

[@zombl337og]

Ill always have slight hope for a new HALO game, the new Perfect Dark looks amazing imho, and DOOM DA looks awesome also. Fable looks promising.........but until they release the games and theyrte genuinely good games consistently for years, people wont have hope in the brand.

[@johnathanross6519]

I'm not as soft on Phil as some people are. He's as guilty as any of those corporate suits that changed Xbox into a service based brand. Screw him too.

[@omgitsbees]

In the early 2000s I wanted the PlayStation 2 over original Xbox. All of the JRPGs were what I was more into at the time, and those were all on PlayStation 2.

[@JCfromJohto]

Halo, CodMW2, and Gears were the only reason I played Xbox. That was like 15 years ago.

[@VincentVanTodd]

Every time I see a PlayStation game release I die inside

[@electriclott]

As just a regular gamer, I really dont care what studio closes. Gamepass is still a good value at $20 a month.

[@wcapeling]

In my opinion Xbox needed to wait on announcing new games like GoW EDay and Doom until 2026 when they announce a new console. They already accepted defeat for this generation, so they should have only mentioned games they previously announced so that in 2026 they could come out swinging for next gen.

[@DarkflameZM]

MS hasn't cared about Xbox sales this generation. Ultimately, getting their games onto every tv via streaming is their main goal and has been for 4 years. They want billions of people paying for crap in their catalogue of games, not just millions.

[@samuelfoster8615]

Great video, the end of the video made so much sense. They fired game developers which means the original developers don't work on the sequels which is why there's no good franchises anymore.

[@turismofoegaming8806]

The most screwed up thing of all in my opinion is the fact that when it was all set and done, the Xbox one is an amazing console!!! I like it and the interface and everything really good! I like the interface on my PS4 also, but Sony scrapped some things that they came out with like communities and carried on the torch for those features and made them better.. (or at least made them better by adding the communities feature to Xbox, whereas now you do not have this feature on Sony which it just feels kind of pale without?) But ultimately, the Xbox one is an awesome system, and the controller that came out with the Xbox one S and the Xbox one X is my favorite controller of all time !!! it is so damn comfortable!!! it fits my hands perfectly, and everything on the controller works for every game type really well!! Some of my most favorite and beloved games of all time also have ran better on Xbox one since 2015 when they came out!!! The Witcher3 wild hunt Fallout 4 All of the backwards compatible games that might have also been on PS3 ... Even the Witcher3 is better on series X!! on PS five it has branches of problems and glitches!! Not to mention the fact that it does not control as well because half the time, the game does not recognize when you counter!!!! It's so aggravating- I can counter every single time on the base version of the Witcher three , and compare that to the PS five version, you would think the 60 frames per second of the PS five would equate to being able to counter every single time, but it doesn't.... It just sucks on PlayStation

[@jesusagelvis4917]

Now with the thing they said about "No red line of which game can become multiplatform" make me ask what was the point of buying Acti/Blizz or every other studio? With the whole "Good games doesn't translate on console sales" wtf were thinking about saying that

[@miselojaime2214]

Honestly, and no shade to you at all, I'm amazed that someone who loved Red Dead 2 didn't like God of War. They're both peak in terms of writing and story to me at least

[@KindofBradAtThis]

Oh i like the story of the game and have even read the novelization! I just found the gameplay of god of war VERY unengaging and tedious. I really want to like it and go back to it atleast once a year and it’s just never clicked for me. I think RDR2, while also having a great story, has some of the best gameplay/immersion Rockstar has had in game while GoW it felt like i was kind of doing chores between cool moments or cutscenes.

[@Miloporo]

Man, can't we just all play on whatever we want on and not summon these haters who watch a 33 min long video about someones opinion. Xbox and PS are both consoles, pretty much the only difference between them is that PS has more exclusives, which is not that big of a deal.

[@thedekuaccordionist]

I bought an xbox one a few years back. Was absolutely ridiculous the insanse size of todays games and the fact that you need high speed internet just to get them to download. Wont even attempt to download on a wireless connection. Plus every 360 game you put in auto installs (and some dont even work depending on compatibility list) Still have an arcade xbox 360 which works as good as the day it was bought only fixed the PSU in it but is still running good as ever. Recently stocked up on some cheap trade in 360 games and never happier. Modern consoles have lost the plot

[@Macspongelister]

0:16 so guys we did it

[@damarkisallen1013]

It’s hard out here being a Xbox fan

[@himanshupandey8771]

Phantom zero and black myth is on ps5 and pc only

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

The Resistance series was the best shooter series that generation. I played every Halo and Gears game, and I think Resistance was better.

[@bxile730]

As a longstanding playstation fan, i can confirm recently, all playstation does is shoot itself in the foot. There is a lot of bs going on at playstation

[@toothlessrick3970]

Didn't Phil Specter learn anything on his way up the ladder? 'I'm the King of the Hill now and with billions of dollars at my disposal' all the while twisting the ends of his mustache like some cheap dime-store novel villain. 'I know, I'll buy the competition and make their IP's mine and then fire all the dev's and call it 'restructuring' - genius. I've always owned a Playstation and now with the buy out of Bethesda Studios to Microsoft and they are making their IP's exclusive to Xbox. This is the first time I'm considering buying an Xbox.

[@jase276]

You saw Starfield and you still want Bethesda's products? Bethesda STRONGEST tool, their modding community, is giving up on Starifeld because they refuse to drop the modding kit and the game is just bad in general. The modding community. Bethesda's modding community is literally the strongest and even THEY gave up? Bethesda is done. Don't get me wrong, I sympathize, I almost got a Series X just for Starfield, too, but then it dropped. Doesn't help that Bethesda only releases one game every decade.

[@AnonymouslyFinds]

the 360 was pretty much the last good Xbox console, overall I know the Xbox series X|S is very powerful basically the same as the ps5, but they screw everything up in this console gen. Microsoft ruined Minecraft by um, “better fucking together update”

[@wodensthrone5215]

I'm still salty that the Phantom Dust remake got canceled.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

REAL

[@MagicMonkey96]

Gamepass more like lamepass 😆 (so many amazing game studios are being shut down, truly a tragic situation)

[@tystarnes]

@@MagicMonkey96 it's not gamepass this point was the drm granted Xbox needs the games.

[@Xdenge420]

but your psplus is great right, gamepass is lightyears better then your psplus shit

[@MagicMonkey96]

@@Xdenge420 salty Xbox fanboy spotted. This isn’t about ps plus this is about how Xbox is closing down all of the studios they buy

[@Shadow_Wolf202]

Gamepass🤓 Such a cringy company💀

[@ForzaJuventus-z5h]

Gaystation+

[@YaaSalty...0_o]

This video was incredible. 10 out of 10

[@KindofBradAtThis]

awe thank you, means a lot! this is definitely the video i’m most proud of

[@YaaSalty...0_o]

@@KindofBradAtThis I watched a couple of your videos last night. Definitely earned me as a subscriber

[@hotxed]

Greed got the best of Microsoft, as a player of both xbox & Sony... Playstation has treated his customers slightly better... thanks for the video, I subscribed

[@senrey6625]

Bro jumpscared me with the bright space online assignments.

[@KindofBradAtThis]

@@senrey6625 doing one right now 😔

[@UhohGundam]

Phil doesnt make the final decision at the end of the day even if he is "CEO" of xbox still answers to Microsoft and share holders. All he can do is try to pursade them to his side.

[@PlaXeZ]

Calling Gotham City Impostors slop is actually insane.

[@TheMythOfTheThickSix]

@@PlaXeZ yeah fr