I could understand doing this if your brand was thriving, but this just feels like trying to squeeze money out of a sinking business instead of fixing the problems that are sinking it.

Oh, yeah, this will work. Why didn't anyone else think of this?

/s

Now that everyone hates the IP, let’s ruin them further with movies

They are absolutely fucked

Shame they can't repeat the success of the 360.

I saw a post on blusky that summarized it: Microsoft never wanted to consolidate studios. They wanted to consolidate IP.

Wow, so, Nintendo is winning the console war by suicide? Sony jumped off the console cliff out of nowhere, and now Xbox is eating a rat poison cake for fun.

Still standing : the indie scene, the PC gaming master race, the retrogaming scene, Nintendon't.

I hope Valve won't die by autoerotic asphyxia. I don't like them THAT MUCH (like, Newel is building cunt yachts instead of funding cool studios for cool new games), but they're still on the good side of history.

We'll still have GOG, though.

The bargain bins are full of once-great brands that haven't produced anything in decades, but will let any old cheap factory slap their name on a product for a few bucks.

This is basically the same thing, but with stories instead of hardware.

Don't video game sales make magnitudes more money than movies. Sounds like a another brilliant Xbox move.

yeah this is bullshit move. copying PlayStation, which didn't even do great with films.

but i guess part of the reason is that since hardware prices keeping going up and up, they don't expect many ppl to buy future consoles or handhelds.

and movies/tv don't require audience to buy any hardware upgrades, for the most part.

Microsoft getting into the movie biz when many are no longer watching movies. Genius! Those who watch the Microsoft movies...will they need to purchase new hardware? /s

Then they will not release movies to get tax breaks. Bunch of geniuses.

E N S H I T T I F I C A T I O N .

Surely something from Microsoft with XP in the name will leave a lasting positive legacy...

I can't wait for XBox Live: The Movie!

To now layoff actors and close more studios.

I don't think movies don't bring in as much money attention as they used to.

I haven't been in a theatre in years, I can't be bothered to watch most movies anyway, most are boring, I guess the writers strike really had a bigger effect than anticipated.

I actually haven't even finished, took 4 attempts and gave up, project hail mary even though a lot of people liked it. And as It's implied, I couldn't finish it even sitting at my desk with it being free.

Notoriously simple industry. Anyone can do it really.

Don't they remember thier halo debacle? I didn't need to see master cheifs whole asshole...

We goin back to Kinect and Television?

Because their foray into television had gone oh so well... Why not go bigger?

Would it be possible to release episodic games like the telltale series, then take the most common choice paths and use those as the framework for the next season or something like that?

If there's a way they can use it to tie-in with the games in a unique, sort-of-interactive experience that will drag casuals into the ecosystem from the TV shows then that has potential to be something great, and at least exciting to be a part of.

If they're just looking to make 3 seasons of The Banjo Kazooie Show then...

Somehow, John Halo returned.

Reminds me the time Xbox prioritized the console for TV.

Everyday We Stray Further From God's Light

New Halo TV show! Yay!

Thought the thumbnail was Mia Khalifa for a second. “how people experience our franchises beyond the games themselves” indeed.