Microsoft’s Xbox technique has been quite attention-grabbing recently, to place it a method. After going all in on its Recreation Go subscription plans, the corporate made a quite main pivot, which resulted in beforehand unique Xbox video games touchdown on Sony’s PlayStation 5. A notable instance of that is Forza Horizon 5, which landed on Sony’s console in April. In an analogous vein, it additionally introduced two Xbox Ally gaming handhelds powered by Home windows and a multi-year partnership with AMD to construct next-generation Xbox consoles. Nevertheless, not all is as rosy as it could appear, as Redmond is predicted to announce main layoffs throughout the Xbox division fairly quickly. On this turbulent time, a former Microsoft government has expressed her dissatisfaction with the scenario.

Former government producer of Microsoft Video games Studio and Redmond veteran Laura Fryer has uploaded a video on her channel expressing her viewpoint on the present state of Xbox. Titled “The Way forward for Xbox”, the video is uploaded on Fryer’s 58,000 subscribers-strong channel.

Fryer believes that Microsoft’s {hardware} enterprise, as we all know it, is useless, and the corporate’s current {hardware} partnerships are simply an indicator of its gradual exit from this house. She additionally went on to say that whereas these partnerships – together with the restricted version Xbox Meta Quest 3S headset made by Meta – sound nice on paper, they’re extra about advertising and marketing and prioritize type over substance.

It is value highlighting at this level that Fryer is not a fan of Home windows, so the Xbox Home windows handhelds do not actually click on together with her both. The previous government famous that after she departed from Microsoft, she put in Linux on all her private programs and “by no means appeared again”.

Fryer has emphasised that she just isn’t proud of Xbox’s present state and the erosion of the model’s worth. She believes that Xbox has misplaced its soul on the subject of delivery {hardware} that truly issues to individuals. As such, Fryer thinks that the plan is simply to push everybody to Recreation Go by companion {hardware}.

You’ll be able to view the whole lot of the video right here:

It is very important observe that this video is reflective of Fryer’s private viewpoints solely, and it shouldn’t be taken as an precise indicator of Microsoft’s place on this house, which is form of apparent, particularly since Fryer left Microsoft over 15 years in the past.

---

What are your ideas on the subject? Tell us within the feedback part beneath!