A new division called Xbox XP will take the lead on “film and television, consumer products, strategic partnerships, and live experiences,” with a focus “on how people experience our franchises beyond the games themselves.”

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  • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I could understand doing this if your brand was thriving, but this just feels like trying to squeeze money out of a sinking business instead of fixing the problems that are sinking it.

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      11 hours ago

      You have to remember that literally none of the executives making these decisions play video games. Or any games. They literally can’t fundamentally understand that playing a game that you don’t win is still fun, because they are toxic narcissists.

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      23 hours ago

      Their C-suites are in panic and know fuck all about games but they probably have seen one or two movies and have heard of Netflix. They probably proposed this because it‘s the only thing that makes sense to them in a foreign world that confuses them. It can only fail and will likely churn out AI slop nobody wants to watch.

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      19 hours ago

      It makes sense when you realize they paid bank for a bunch of IPs over the last 5 years and want to squeeze more out of it.

      This is just them looking to make codblops the movie.