It’s been said, but I’m surprised Microsoft doesn’t more actively go after the people spreading misinformation. It can’t be good for business to have to make these statements. Sure it’s on Xbox when their products just disappear from storefronts without warning, but it’s also a wild leap to take it to meaning Xbox is disappearing from all retail stores.
Same time, next weekend?
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I thought Xbox was pulling from gaming, because everyone told me they are.
How can Microsoft even pull Xbox from stores when it’s been dead for years ten times over? Or at least that’s what everyone keeps saying on social media. SMH.
I’m more disappointed that various communities don’t go after the news source or social media personality getting things wrong repeatedly.
What was the original story about? Oh yeah, a grown ass man, likely in his 40s went to his local retailer to photograph the video game shelves and proceeded to post the pics on a console warrior form where other gown ass adults argue about whose toy is better.
No idea why everyone thinks it’s weird the games media ran with this. This is important shit and we all need to get to the bottom of whose toy is better.
If PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox leave retail, I think it’s a big change to the videogame landscape that I grew up with.
I’m 42 and videogames have always had a section in the retail store so if that’s changing, it’s different. Not necessarily bad or good, time progresses. People are mostly digital now, and people are also online multiplayer. Gone are the days when you absolutely needed an extra controller or two for your friends, most two player stuff is happening online now. Games get purchased digitally. I understand why retail stores would want that space for other stuff.
The fundamental thing is a lot of gaming is driven by, essentially, childish fandom. Gaming media will only be grown up when it divests itself of this shit.
I appreciate that they are doing this, and it’s necessary too.
I mean, walking into a big toy or electronics store here and seeing like ten different Xbox games tops, if at all and also no consoles in my city is just something I’ve gotten used to. As a big Xbox fan it’s sad to see, can’t deny that.
But when I then read US stores as well, that’s when I thought… hold tf on now.
Story updated with a quote directly from a “Target spokesman”
The videogame landscape we knew when growing up has already changed. The largest gaming region left retail long ago and the largest upcoming gaming region was never in retail – PC Gaming and Mobile Gaming.
I bought my Xbox 360 at Circuit City and my Dreamcast at Toys R Us. I remember both experiences vividly. Hell I cut my teeth in gaming as a kid combing through the FuncoLand price flyer. Id do my paper route and save up money to buy the Sega and Nintendo games that I circled on the FuncoLand paper. That thing was my bible.
All good memories. All closed down stores.
AMD wanted a 10 million unit order
People will believe anything on the internet. No wonder so many people think the earth is flat. You know how stupid this sounds. MS is one of the biggest buyers of cpu/gpu in the world because of cloud and AI. AMD, Nvidia and Intel will not want to do anything to piss off MS. So, AMD wants to piss off MS because of a handheld console? I’m not worried about AI making people dumb because it’s already happened.
That’s the skinny isn’t it? The average console gamer is continuing to skew higher in age. It’s all just man children in a bubble talking about their favorite plastic box.