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Xbox's Big Shift: After 32% Revenue Drop, Brand 'Sunsetted' into PC/AI Future – What Gamers Need to Know

Microsoft reports a 32% drop in Xbox hardware revenue, sparking speculation about the brand's future as the company pivots towards AI and PC gaming

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Former Xbox 360 boss Peter Moore publicly shuts down Xbox co‑founder’s criticism of new CEO Asha Sharma, basically calling the 'gamer CEO' argument nonsense

Former Xbox 360 boss Peter Moore has shared his thoughts on new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma in a lengthy GamesBeat interview. Moore draws parallels to his own outsider journey, pushes back on Seamus Blackley’s “sunsetted” comments, and defends Phil Spencer’s legacy.

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Former Xbox head hopes original co-founder's prediction the brand will be "sunsetted" is "a little misguided"

"I get that the operating margins aren't what productivity and cloud are for Microsoft, but it's an important part of their business"

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"This isn't an insurgency": Xbox co-founder says Phil Spencer exhausted himself "managing the beast" at Microsoft to "try to do the right thing for games," and he feels "worst" for Sarah Bond

The good fight had to end

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Xbox is not "dead" after CEO change, says original co-founder: "It's literally something I nearly died to bring into existence" and "seeing it struggle and being unable to act is hard"

"The distress it's in kills me"

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Goodbye Xbox? Xbox co-creator suggests Microsoft Gaming will be 'sunsetted' under new CEO as the company pivots to pushing AI — 'The job of all these people is to just gently usher all of these business units into the new world of AI'

The original Xbox console designer, Seamus Blackley, says Microsoft will eventually sunset its gaming business following the retirement of Xbox Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and the replacement of CoreAI division executive Asha Sharma.

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'Father of the Xbox' predicts the end following Phil Spencer's exit: The new CEO will be 'a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night'

Seamus Blackley says Microsoft's focus is on AI, and all else will be subsumed into it.

PC Gamer

Xbox co-founder says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has "a hammer called gen AI" and "there's a nail with an Xbox logo on it"

Nadella "believes that games are going to be driven by AI," which is why he just "put a gen AI person in charge" of Xbox

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Xbox co-founder believes “Xbox is being sunsetted” — as Microsoft pivots to AI

Xbox co-founder Seamus Blackley has raised concerns that Microsoft’s increasing focus on AI could sideline the Xbox brand. In a recent interview, he argues that Xbox is being “sunsetted” as the company pivots toward generative AI, though his comments remain speculative.

Windows Central

Xbox will be "sunsetted" under new CEO, original co-founder expects: "Her job is going to be as a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night"

Microsoft's pivot to AI has well and truly reached Xbox, OG console designer reasons

GamesRadar

'There has to be a better way than this': Game developers call Microsoft's latest layoffs 'a colossal waste of talent' from a publisher that seems like it's in 'a death spiral'

In response to "heartbreaking" turmoil, devs share grim humor, frustration, and fears for the industry's future.

PC Gamer

As Switch 2 approaches, original Xbox designer says console power doesn't matter anymore because content is king, and he "would not have done things the same way" Microsoft has

"How they managed that brand and the story going forward is not my f***ing fault," said Seamus Blackley

GamesRadar

Xbox founders reportedly mourn the loss of its identity: "It's not Xbox anymore, it's Microsoft gaming"

They also point to stagnant Game Pass growth as a factor behind Microsoft's cuts

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It's been 24 years, but the 'father' of the original Xbox says people are still worrying about the same things following new console tease

Seamus Blackley thinks Xbox is working on something "amazing" right now

PC Gamer

'Father of the Xbox' shares the 1990s desktop PC aesthetic of its prototype devkit

The OG DirectXbox.

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A viral TikTok reminds us that the chap who created Xbox also created bread from 4,500-year-old Egyptian yeast

A viral TikTok brings attention once again to the unusual history of Seamus Blackley, creator of the original Xbox. Amassing 3.5 million views over the last 24 hours, we look into Blackley's 4500-year-old sourdough project and speculate over the alleged inspiration of the Xbox logo.

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Jurassic Park: Trespasser walked so that Half-Life 2 could run

Critically panned upon release in 1998, the pioneering dino adventure is now a cult classic.

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Jurassic World began as a video game, claims Xbox creator

The hit dinosaur film franchise has a rather bizarre origin story.

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