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Mainly, that's just philosophy. As absurd as it is, this is how philosophers talk. Quotes above come from Guardians article on Thiels lectures. They appear disjointed because they're unofficial transcripts. I just found Gates mention funny, but also probable. Him fuming and cursing is something that is very easy to believe.
This article should give a more coherent picture. Just ignore everything before the Watchmen and One Piece section.
https://firstthings.com/voyages-to-the-end-of-the-world/
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https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/report-microsoft-cfo-amy-hood-has-forced-xbox-to-deliver-an-insane-30-percent-profit-margin-which-is-why-everything-is-crazy-right-now
| Quote: | Inside Xbox’s profit pressure — How a 30% margin target is reshaping everything from studios to strategy (and upsetting fans)
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has forced Xbox to deliver an industry margin far beyond what is typical for gaming in general, which will devastate the business if not rectified soon.
Over the summer, I said on my Xbox Two Podcast that I'd heard a rumor that Microsoft was forcing Xbox to deliver a 30% profit margin. However, unable to land enough concrete evidence — I'd hoped the insane figure had been hearsay. It must've been, right?
Apparently, it isn't.
Bloomberg reporters Dina Bass and Jason Schrier just revealed that Microsoft CFO Amy Hood is indeed asking Xbox to meet an "accountability margin" of 30%, which is far, far in excess of reasonable targets for the video game industry, and in particular, the gaming hardware industry.
Over the past few years, Microsoft's gaming division has undergone some insane and self-destructive transitions, cutting studios, slashing marketing budgets, and sprinting to release games on rival platforms to the detriment of its own. Microsoft has also rapidly hiked prices, harming customers while laying off literal thousands, reducing any semblance of goodwill Xbox had left to zero.
The changes, according to Bloomberg, coincide with Microsoft CFO Amy Hood taking a greater role in the gaming business at Xbox. The 30% profit demands are far beyond industry averages, which range in the low twenties at best.
I've been writing for a while about how my sources have been blaming Amy Hood for the major issues at Xbox right now, as Microsoft doubles down on short-termism and shareholder pandering over long-term goals and customer feedback.
The cancellation of promising games like Perfect Dark, Contraband, and others is a direct result of Xbox's lead Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Tim Stuart attempting to balance Microsoft's corporate demands without tanking the entire business. The amount of strain this arbitrary goal has put on Xbox cannot be overstated, as staffers, customers, and even third-party developers feel the gradual toxification of the Xbox brand.
In response, Microsoft issued the following statement, which doesn't really address the chaos the firm has embraced over the past couple of years.
Over the summer, Microsoft attempted to raise the base price of its games to $80, a move that was met with significant public backlash. Instead, they decided to re-work the Xbox Game Pass tiers, targeting the most sticky and dedicated Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers with an extortionate 50% price hike. Xbox Series X|S game consoles have also seen aggressive price increases, and even Xbox developmental kits have as well.
The inconsistent messaging and seemingly desperate price hikes have people questioning whether or not Microsoft is deliberately sabotaging Xbox, and it certainly seems that way. Microsoft has been forced to repeatedly come out and deny that it is looking to kill Xbox hardware and deny that retailers are cancelling orders.
With Activision-Blizzard, Microsoft's gaming division surpassed Windows itself in the firm's diversified business. With the AI boom fuelling Microsoft's share price, CEO Satya Nadella is enjoying a near $100 million pay packet in stock incentives, which preclude gaming from the equation.
With analysts and speculators trying to figure out whether or not the "AI boom" is actually predicting a gigantic AI bust, you'd think Microsoft would want to ensure its diversified business model remains healthy to reduce exposure. Apparently not.
The sprint of short-term thinking and anti-customer ideology will not only fail to deliver its desired 30% profit margins, but it will serve only to crater the only viable consumer brand Microsoft has left.
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Well, this kinda explains yesterdays insane fallout themed greedfest 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Sun, 26th Oct 2025 21:58 Post subject: |
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And then MS CEO is taking a 100 million pay package... I can imagine that amount might be a percentage or two already of that profit margin they want to aim. And I can imagine there are other leader positions that are taking insane millions as some bonuses that if they did pay them reasonable amount then that 30% might even be reasonable but the leader positions need their yachts so lets screw over everyone else instead!
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Nov 2025 20:29 Post subject: |
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That's not how we play. Nobody is paying 30$ for game pass to play shit old games.
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Feb 2026 09:18 Post subject: |
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As I understand, they are making a lot of money from the games, actually. It’s the Xbox hardware that is a failure.
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Feb 2026 10:49 Post subject: |
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| StEFaN7 wrote: | https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-retiring-sarah-bond-out-matt-booty-promoted-as-microsoft-ai-exec-asha-sharma-named-new-xbox-boss-exclusive
guess that activision acquisition really paid off |
What a plot twist, not replaced by a saar but by a saaress
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Feb 2026 16:30 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | As I understand, they are making a lot of money from the games, actually. It’s the Xbox hardware that is a failure. |
there were bunch of articles that said gamepass subscribers growth kinda stopped
then it was this https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/report-microsoft-gave-up-usd300-million-in-call-of-duty-sales-as-a-result-of-game-pass
then they increased the price of gp to counter that and lost many subscribers
but then they went multiplatform with their games and earn some more $ at the expense of people giving up on the xbox console
all of this in 2-3 years, not to mention the infamous interviews and "assurances" from phil and sarah then 3 months later changed their minds
but the biggest issue with xbox was the lack of big aaa games since the xbox one launch
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Game Pass is still profitable, just wasn’t enough so, so they “let go” a bunch of people as an excuse to raise prices.
But I was talking about all the first party games they publish, which all come to PS5 as far as I know. Even their upcoming halo products, the Halos, their Gears of Wars and Fables are all coming to PS5.
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when i said multiplatform i was referring to ps5
gp is profitable but not growing, yeah the massive layoffs right after they said xbox was very profitable, closing of tango right after they said they were very proud of them with high rush, fucked up arkane etc etc
its funny that sarah also left which was supposedly be the next in line, instead they brought an AI person lol, very interesting times ahead for xbox
phil might have saved xbox from the flop one era but in the end flopped hard when it came to new games and they really fucked all their big ips except forza so idk why people cry so much about him
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Feb 2026 12:59 Post subject: |
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ofcourse it was. they have no shame
any way good luck with the turd she inherited. its beyond saving
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| PickupArtist wrote: | ofcourse it was. they have no shame
any way good luck with the turd she inherited. its beyond saving |
IMO they can save it.
- Make gamepass cheaper.
- Add an advertisement supported tier for even cheaper.
- Make it easier to use on TV. They should put out a bundle with a controller and 3 months of gamepass for ~50 EUR and have easy instructions on how to use it on your smart TV.
- Add more legacy Activision games that they already have bought. Activision has such a great legacy library, why not make a Nintendo online move and publish 2-3 of those per month?
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus
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| bringiton wrote: | | PickupArtist wrote: | ofcourse it was. they have no shame
any way good luck with the turd she inherited. its beyond saving |
IMO they can save it.
- Make gamepass cheaper.
- Add an advertisement supported tier for even cheaper.
- Make it easier to use on TV. They should put out a bundle with a controller and 3 months of gamepass for ~50 EUR and have easy instructions on how to use it on your smart TV.
- Add more legacy Activision games that they already have bought. Activision has such a great legacy library, why not make a Nintendo online move and publish 2-3 of those per month? |
Nah, not seeing 2026 microsoft doing any of those.
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Tard Ass is not Xbox. What is the point of conflating the two? If the only strategy forward is DorpAss, why even have an "Xbox" brand? Why release a "console" in 2027?
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