Oh, Microsoft reaffirmed its commitment to Xbox hardware, did they? How brave. How noble. Because nothing says “we’re totally still in the console game” like a company having to reassure everyone they’re not abandoning ship every six months.
Let’s be real — this isn’t a confident declaration; it’s a corporate therapy session for fans still traumatized by Phil Spencer’s “every screen is an Xbox” sermon. Every time Microsoft mentions “commitment to hardware,” it sounds less like a strategy and more like an apology. The kind you make after forgetting your anniversary three years in a row: “No really, honey, I swear I’m still invested in this relationship.”
And of course, they had to sprinkle in that “AMD-powered next-gen console” bit, as if name-dropping their silicon supplier will make us forget the past decade of Game Pass dependency and cloud gaming buzzwords. It’s like saying, “Don’t worry, we’re not switching to tofu; we’re just adding more protein to the salad.”
Meanwhile, the Game Pass price hikes hit right on cue — because what’s loyalty without a little financial pain, right? Nothing screams “player-first company” like charging more for a subscription that’s increasingly full of titles you probably downloaded once and forgot about. But hey, at least they’re not abandoning the console! They're just making it financially aspirational.
The irony is almost poetic: a trillion-dollar tech giant has to reassure people it still makes actual hardware, while its biggest rival, Sony, is out there selling so many PS5s they could probably build a small fortress out of unsold controllers alone.
So yes, Microsoft says Xbox hardware “isn’t going anywhere.”
Which is true — because most of it is still sitting on store shelves, right where it’s always been.
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