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The original SOCOM II is back online!
SOCOM II LEGACY LAUNCH: 11 DAYS TO GO!
🎮 Website: socom2legacy.com
💬 Discord: discord.gg/ppvvRJZ4ER
#Socom #SocomII #SocomIILegacy #Socom2
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Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company. bit.ly/4fE6vo2
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XBOX Suffers Major Outages Impacting Sign-Ins & Downloaded Games
insider-gaming.com/xbox-suff…
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Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games. engadget.com/2224081/xbox-is…
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Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company. bit.ly/4pIIUau
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Microsoft used to produce an entire video about why digital is preferable to physical.
Cody Bird, Principal Program Manager at Xbox, talks about the many advantages of disc-less distribution and why “digital is the best way to play on Xbox”.
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The ex-director behind Forza Horizon has traced a line from the failure of the "well-meaning" Game Pass to the current Xbox layoffs. bit.ly/4vEoRuU
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Studio Leaders Think XBOX Game Pass Destroys the Value of Games
insider-gaming.com/studio-le…
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Game Pass Was A Good Idea But It Didn’t Work, Forza Horizon 5 Creative Director Says dlvr.it/TTdBNb
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Many leaders within Xbox Games Studios reportedly believe Game Pass has 'destroyed the values of their games'
'There are a lot of people ... in studio leadership within Xbox who absolutely detest Game Pass. They think it has taken away from the value of all games; think it's been a detriment to the games industry."
[Source: Jason Schreier]
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Jason Schreier says Xbox studio leaders absolutely hate Game Pass
“There are a lot of people out there in studio leadership within Xbox who absolutely detest game pass and think it has destroyed the value of their games, think it has taken away the value from all games in general and has been a detriment to the games industry in those people's view, because of how it devalues games”
▶️ 29 minute mark: maximumfun.org/episodes/trip…
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ICYMI: Following the layoffs that ripped through the Xbox business this week, Asha Sharma admitted that Microsoft’s gaming strategy had failed, and a key part of that failure had to do with Game Pass. bit.ly/4y7Nti7
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma points the finger at Phil Spencer's strategy for yesterday's sweeping layoffs pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/…
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Microsoft Spent $80 Billion On Its Bet For Xbox Game Pass. It Did Not Work. dlvr.it/TTPWYk
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Following the layoffs that ripped through the Xbox business yesterday, Sharma admitted that Microsoft’s gaming strategy had failed, and a key part of that failure had to do with Game Pass. bit.ly/4y7Nti7
ALT Asha Sharma Admits That Xbox’s Game Pass Strategy Failed
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma did not say the gaming strategy "failed" or that Game Pass was a "key part of that failure"; she stated bets including Game Pass "did not grow at the pace we expected" but "created meaningful value." x.com/asha_shar/stat…
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Xbox is parting ways with multiple studios and announces over 3,000 layoffs. gameinformer.com/2026/07/06/…
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This is shocking and sad. id is arguably the strongest studio Xbox owns; the new Doom trilogy is exceptional. I love all three games.
We are so, so, so lucky Microsoft never got its hands on Capcom, Sega, Square Enix, etc, because they would have unapologetically destroyed them.
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has admitted Game Pass has failed to grow as Microsoft had expected, with reports indicating it is tens of millions of subscribers short of previous targets. bit.ly/4wu6HwL
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The very same people who vociferously cheer-led Microsoft's mindless M&A spree and religiously supported GamePass while it was clearly failing are now going to explain to you how and why it all went wrong.
And remember: These guys wanted more!
Zero accountability. Embarrassing.
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3,200 Xbox staff are set to lose their jobs this year, with 1,600 layoffs today. Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will become independent studios. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be under new management, and Arkane is entering consultation. bit.ly/4y1SOYB
