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Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking
25.4.2024
After months of debate about Xbox’s future as some of its big console exclusives jumped ship to PlayStation 5, we have our clearest evidence yet of why Microsoft is experimenting with a new multiplatform approach: fewer and fewer people are buying Xboxes. Read more
Ex-PlayStation Boss Has Mixed Feelings About Console Exclusives
11.3.2024
During the PS4 and PS5 era, PlayStation has established itself as a destination platform for exclusive series like Spider-Man, God of War, and The Last of Us. And now, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who ran Sony’s gaming division from 2014 to 2019, has shared some ambivalent opinions on...
Xbox Series S Just Got A Massive Discount At Target
16.2.2024
If you’ve been looking to pick up a new-gen console on the cheap, then today’s your lucky day. Target’s got the Xbox Series S on sale at an eye-popping discount—$219.99, or $80 off. Sure, it kinda looks like a hot plate. But it’s still a lot less fugly than the PlayStation 5, and we’re big fans...
That Xbox Podcast Announcement Coulda Been An Email
16.2.2024
It’s been a whirlwind week or so for Xbox. The weekend of February 3, rumors began swirling that major console exclusives like Starfield and the upcoming Indiana Jones game would head to other platforms, and Xbox fans’ reactions were intense, to say the least. The backlash prompted head honcho Phil...
Report: Xbox Boss Tells Staff It Will Continue To Make Consoles
12.2.2024
A new report claims Xbox boss Phil Spencer told employees that Microsoft has no plans to exit the console business. This comes during a large online firestorm around Xbox and its future following rumors that some big exclusives might land on PlayStation 5. Read more
Kotaku Readers React To The Possibility Of Xbox Games On PS5
6.2.2024
Xbox has been the talk of the town these past few days after reports claimed first-party games like Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle might be coming to PlayStation. In a response to the reports, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said the company would have more to say in a “business update...
Nice! Xbox Actually Has Games This Year
10.10.2023
Last year was a strange one for Xbox. While Game Pass continued to be a big win for Microsoft, it failed to release any big exclusive, first-party games. But as we enter the final months of 2023, this year has been different. Microsoft has actually released games, including some big, popular ones....
Leaked Xbox Boss Email Perfectly Explains Why Game Publishers Are Eating Themselves Alive
22.9.2023
You probably saw a ton of headlines about Xbox leaks this week: new hardware, upcoming games, Game Pass costs, acquisition strategies. A trove of unredacted documents accidentally uploaded to a federal court’s case server gave the world an unprecedented look into the secret machinations of...
Todd Howard: Starfield’s Xbox Exclusivity Made It ‘Better’
6.9.2023
Starfield, Bethesda’s newest and biggest open-world RPG, is out now for everyone. Well, at least for everyone who owns an Xbox or a gaming PC. And according to Starfield director Todd Howard, the game’s no-show status on PlayStation is actually a good thing, as it made Starfield “a better...
Todd Howard: Starfield’s Xbox Exclusivity Made It ‘Better’
6.9.2023
Starfield, Bethesda’s newest and biggest open-world RPG, is out now for everyone. Well, at least for everyone who owns an Xbox or a gaming PC. And according to Starfield director Todd Howard, the game’s no-show status on PlayStation is actually a good thing, as it made Starfield “a better...
When Will Final Fantasy VII Remake And XVI Come To Xbox? Phil Spencer Can’t Say Yet
23.8.2023
Years after its PlayStation release and its eventual PC port, Final Fantasy VII Remake still isn’t on Xbox. Final Fantasy XVI ended up being a PlayStation 5 console exclusive as well. When will Xbox fans finally get to play these hit RPGs on their game system of choice? That’s what IGN aske…Read...
It’s Sony’s Fault We Have Console Exclusives, Says Microsoft CEO
29.6.2023
As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to drag Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard under a microscope, the company’s CEO wants you to know it’s actually Sony’s fault that console exclusives exist.Read more
The Xbox Trial That Could Change Everything: 7 Bombshell Reveals
27.6.2023
Microsoft is fighting an injunction by the Federal Trade Commission against closing its $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard, and the ensuing trial has yielded all sorts of fascinating insights about the Xbox maker. From leaked emails of executives talking about “spending Sony out...
Starfield Would Have Taken Even Longer If It Was Also On PS5, Bethesda Says
26.6.2023
Long after it was first teased and nearly a year after it was originally supposed to come out, Starfield is finally releasing September 1 as an Xbox console exclusive. It would have taken even longer if the open world sci-fi RPG was also on PlayStation 5, Bethesda executive Pete Hines claimed...
The Upcoming Indiana Jones Game Will Be Xbox Only, Intensifying The Console Wars
22.6.2023
During Thursday’s big Xbox vs Federal Trade Commission court hearing, Pete Hines of Bethesda (Fallout, Starfield) confirmed that the upcoming Indiana Jones game from MachineGames was originally planned to be a multiplatform release, meaning available to more people. But after Xbox bought...
Xbox’s Rep Takes A Hit Following Major Delays
18.5.2022
Riding the bus of video game fandom should come with a seatbelt warning. To wit: Last month, it seemed like everyone was losing their minds over Microsoft gobbling up half the industry. Now, in the wake of some major delays, it’s all “Dead console!!!” this and “Xbox has no exclusives!!!” that. Hope...
Another PlayStation ‘Console Exclusive’ Comes To Xbox
12.4.2022
At this point, it’s fair to assume that any proclamations of “console exclusivity” should be taken with an entire deer lick of salt. The PlayStation 5 launch title Bugsnax comes out on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on April 28, as part of the Game Pass library, developer Young Horses announced. It’s...
Head Of Xbox Downplays Fears Of Game Pass Price Hike
9.2.2022
Game Pass has never been more popular, and after Microsoft revealed its plan to buy Activision Blizzard and add some of that company’s biggest games to the service, an increase in the Game Pass subscription price has never felt more inevitable. Newly minted Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer...
Sony And Microsoft's Comments On Call Of Duty Exclusivity Are Clear As Mud
20.1.2022
Here we go again. Will Activision Blizzard games be exclusive to Xbox after the recently announced $68.7 billion deal finally goes through? Probably. But in the meantime both sides are saying just enough to keep all possibilities open, with Sony being the latest to add its vague comments to...
The PlayStation 5 Got Some Great Games In 2021 But Not Much Else
15.12.2021
Who would have guessed that one of the most eye-catching video game consoles ever made would also be one of the least exciting?Read more