An email from Xbox boss Phil Spencer reveals that Microsoft sacrificed Xbox Series X|S sales for Cloud Gaming...
Both Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming have been at the forefront of Microsoft's gaming efforts in recent years, but a new email revealed during the company's trial with the FTC seemingly shows that Xbox Series X|S production was lessened in favor of investing in Xbox Cloud Gaming.Back in June 2021, Microsoft, just a year after the console was released, and during a time when players were struggling to get hold of the new hardware.
When speaking about the question;"why don't we have more Xbox consoles right now?" Spencer equated the"yield miss for Scarlett" and the"Halo launch date miss" as"execution issues" and not the main reason for lower Xbox Series X|S console numbers. “From a strategy perspective I believe in our tradeoffs for Cloud and Content in Gaming over console volume,” Spencer said. “With our strategy and opportunity console volume will still be the thing we constrain to grow our long-term ambition.” While Spencer would"love to invest in all unconstrained," he said he supported the sacrifice of console sales in order to grow its investment in Xbox Cloud Gaming.
New information continues to be revealed as the court case rolls on, so we'll keep you updated with anything else that surfaces. So far, Phil Spencer has said that
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