GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now GameStop wants to make it easier for you to buy a new console this holiday, even if you don’t have the cash in your pocket. The company is considering a plan to launch multiple alternative payment models …
Read More »Xbox Series S is the right next-gen console for 2020
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Microsoft realized something. You could launch a much more affordable next-generation console if you reduced the emphasis on resolution. The company has now taken that realization and acted on it with the $ 300 Xbox Series S, …
Read More »Xbox boss on the physics of the PlayStation 5’s design
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now When designing the look of a video game console, engineers must account for a number of important variables. Chief among these is heat, and it sounds like that was an even bigger issue for the upcoming generation …
Read More »Why the Xbox Series S is such a smart move by Microsoft
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now The Xbox Series S is inevitable at this point. Over the weekend, people began discovering retail versions of the updated Xbox controller for Xbox Series X. When they started tearing into that packaging, they found references to …
Read More »Sony and Microsoft don’t know the price of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Microsoft and Sony are playing a game of chicken when it comes to the price of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. No one wants to go first. And I’m sure that you, like me, find …
Read More »Xbox Games Showcase: Microsoft comes out in force
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More Microsoft showed off an amazing array of games at its Xbox Games Showcase today to prepare fans for the holiday launch of the Xbox Series X game console. The company didn’t disclose the launch …
Read More »What the Xbox One X discontinuation means for the next generation of Xbox
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More Watch VB Transform’s Conversational AI Summit live today! Microsoft is beginning to phase out its current generation of hardware. The company is ending production for Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. …
Read More »How Xbox Game Pass freed The Coalition to make Gears Tactics for PC
Gears Tactics is launching April 28 for Windows 10, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Steam. On How Games Make Money this week, host Jeff Grubb sits down to talk with The Coalition operations director Mike Crump and Xbox marketing general manager Ben Decker about the launch of the game. …
Read More »Xbox boss Phil Spencer wants games to embrace diverse business models
When it comes to selling games, Microsoft is all-in on subscriptions. But it’s not emphasizing the Game Pass subscription service to the exclusion of other business models, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said in an interview with Insomniac Games founder Ted Price for the Game Maker’s Notebook podcast. Instead, Spencer thinks …
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