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Reaction: Xbox Is Changing For The Better, And Now Microsoft Needs To Be Consistent
A new Xbox is emerging, and we hope it lasts.Over the last week or so, we've seen yet more big changes over at Team Xbox. Following on from a busy few months with Asha Sharma in place, Microsoft announced a reversal in its Xbox Game Pass strategy; dropping day one Call of Duty as a result. Then, just the other day, Team Green put forward its new vision for Xbox, complete with four core aims laid out by the new leadership team. It's now very evident that Xbox is going in a different direction, and it needs to remain consistent to deliver on it.To be clear, we're feeling pretty darn positive from all of this so far. Making Game Pass cheaper and removing new Call of Duty games from the service makes total sense - after all, COD is expensive as all-hell to make, and its hardcore fans (like me) will go out any buy the game pretty much every year anyway. The last few day one Black Ops launches have felt like bonuses for existing subscribers rather than a way to keep core COD fans subscribing, and we're sure lots of those existing subscribers like the sound of a price cut instead.Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/features/reacti...consistent
A new Xbox is emerging, and we hope it lasts.Over the last week or so, we've seen yet more big changes over at Team Xbox. Following on from a busy few months with Asha Sharma in place, Microsoft announced a reversal in its Xbox Game Pass strategy; dropping day one Call of Duty as a result. Then, just the other day, Team Green put forward its new vision for Xbox, complete with four core aims laid out by the new leadership team. It's now very evident that Xbox is going in a different direction, and it needs to remain consistent to deliver on it.To be clear, we're feeling pretty darn positive from all of this so far. Making Game Pass cheaper and removing new Call of Duty games from the service makes total sense - after all, COD is expensive as all-hell to make, and its hardcore fans (like me) will go out any buy the game pretty much every year anyway. The last few day one Black Ops launches have felt like bonuses for existing subscribers rather than a way to keep core COD fans subscribing, and we're sure lots of those existing subscribers like the sound of a price cut instead.Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/features/reacti...consistent