Things are pretty tense within the Xbox community. Last night many fans saw how their favorite brand is collapsing many of the ideas they had about the brand after recent acquisitions and even Microsoft has not commented on the subject. Additionally, even Phil Spencer himself was seen tonight calmly playing Diablo IV, oblivious to anything that moves, after XboxEra or The Verge gave the rumor that Starfield or Indiana Jones would be coming to PS5.
There have been a large number of fans around the world who have already thrown in the towel with the brand before anyone has spoken out, because if we go to these extremes it’s not about the games reaching more people, it’s about By doing so, you destroy a fan base built over 20 years overnight.. The famous Michael Douse, publishing director at Larian Studios, very active in the whole controversy with the Xbox Series S, started commenting on these rumorspartly, trying to see that everything is not so bad.
A strategy that generates controversy
The first tweet, start by broaching the subject in a somewhat “joking” way, if you can call it one way or another, because a brand does not fall like that overnight, of course, but during its development it mentions the ability of the Xbox Series S to be a great idea that plays all next-gen games. But the most striking part comes later, when he gives a cable to Xbox, saying in summary that They are opening up to more platforms to, precisely, obtain more money to invest in their own ecosystem. The more copies they sell, the more money they can invest.
Of course, if all these rumors are real, even if we take them for granted, we will have to see how the information spreads through official channels and how they confirm it. According to Douse, strategies sometimes change to make sure the economics make sense. But of course the fan base and its current target audience exist and this news above all creates doubts for the future.
