Lets look back to the very start of the year.

After Microsofts record-breaking acquisition of Activision Blizzard King,it laid off 1,900 employees.

Immediately, the cracks and unsustainability of its strategy were showing.

A PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2 with a blue arrow zigzagging upward in the foreground.

In todays world, games cost alotto make.

Spider-Man 2 ran up a bill of $315 million.

But with Game Pass taking away sales, those expensive games are suddenly making a lot less money.

indiana jones in the great circle, doomguy in the dark ages, and an orange car in forza horizon 5.

Ultimately, this makes an ordinary dud a catastrophic failure.

Even Microsoft is reckoning with what it has created.

Game Pass costs a lot to run.

The top of an Xbox Series X console as seen in its reveal trailer

Launched in 2020 in conjunction with the Xbox Series S digital-only console, the Series X is the disc version of Microsoft’s premier gaming platform.

And its losing sales on its own games from launching them on Game Pass too.

I dont see a future with Xbox at this rate, so whats the point in sticking around?

Im bowing out early.

Xbox Series X over a blurred green and black background

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Launched in 2020 in conjunction with the Xbox Series S digital-only console, the Series X is the disc version of Microsoft’s premier gaming platform.

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