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Xbox Is Not Your Friend (www.kotaku.com.au)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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After laying off almost 2,000 people, Xbox finds itself in a position at odds with the community-first image it has cultivated for itself.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It should be no surprise. Xbox, and Microsoft as a whole, are businesses whose only goal is profit at any cost. It’s capitalism at any stage. And as long as there are people willing to spend money on their services (myself included), they will continue doing what they do.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Still, it bears reiterating lest some start believing in the marketing they spin. No company or division of a company can be a friend to anyone. Even PC darling Valve isn't ! (and I say that having spent thousands of euros on Valve's products and services)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

And even bearing that in mind, Microsoft has time and again openly shown anti consumer behavior, so they shouldn't be awarded even the slightest amount of trust. Allowing them to continue existing in their current form is already too much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Nobody is surprised, though the workers may be shocked.