That Ambient Gamer

@klobrille Probably the first time in my life that I’ll wholeheartedly say: good riddance!

Microsoft is cancelling the "Microsoft Gaming" branding. The entire gaming division is now simply "Xbox". theverge.com/report/917485/…

@asha_shar @GameSeekerX I don’t know why it was lost, I’m glad things look bright right now.

We are Xbox news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/04/…

@asha_shar Amazing work so far!

Wonderful way to close my first 60 days.

They won’t, that’s why it would be timed. They didn’t show any sign of competition for the last years, of course. I’m only talking about what we’re seeing right now, a lot of changes usually indicate shifts in strategy, so we’ll see. Just so you know, I want to be optimistic but I’m not, not after everything that’s happened this generation.

@ThatAmbG @asha_shar @joshmunsee It’s genuinely hilarious you think Microsoft would tank their initial Playstation profits from COD to boost their console sales. They already know they can’t compete with Playstation in terms of console sales and COD is not their saving grace 😂

Game Pass Ultimate has become too expensive for too many players. Starting today, we’re dropping the price from $29.99 to $22.99/month. Future Call of Duty titles will no longer join Game Pass Ultimate on day one. They will join this tier the following holiday after launch (about a year later). Current Call of Duty titles will remain available to Ultimate subscribers. We’ll keep learning and evolving Game Pass to better match what matters to players. xbx.lv/4cWO9hR

@YorchTorchGames Yes, but they have loads of money to pay anyone to do it for them. That’s how it usually goes with big companies.

Microsoft paid $7.5 Billion for Bethesda. But it doesn't have the engineering know-how to remaster Fallout New Vegas and has "no idea how to reassemble" its source code. The lesson? Mastery isn’t transferable through an acquisition. It’s built or it’s gone.

Now that you’ve taken it too far, listen to this. If you think that people like me focus on one specific platform/console and not on the betterment of gaming in general, then you need help. To call people “losers” for any reason, it’s demeaning and disrespectful. What we normal gamers out there root for, is respect from companies. Respect for where we spend our time and our money. Xbox has messed up a lot because of corporate pressure and absurd financial goals set by people that obvisouly didn’t know how the industry works. On the other hand, I haven’t seen even a little effort from PlayStation to push things forward for many years now. Having one big budget exclusive game every 6-months or in a year, can tell you a lot about its current state. Failed live service games have diminished its momentum and there’s also no clear path to what direction things will take moving forward. The industry in general is in bad shape, and there’s no reason to be calling names or hating on anyone. We want better games, better services, better options, that’s all.

Unfortunately for you Xbox losers, Microsoft is legally obliged to bring Call of duty to PlayStation day one with full feature parity for the next 10 years at the very least. You will never have exclusives on Xbox, you will always be lesser than everyone else. Cry.

@MeliodasSympath @asha_shar @joshmunsee To incentivize people to buy consoles? You know, like PlayStation does with all of its exclusives.

@ThatAmbG @asha_shar @joshmunsee Why the fuck would they do that while dropping a key player base (the ones that will pay for game pass but not the game itself)?

@PigeonGoGaming Maybe I’m wrong but, growing game pass kinda seems like it’s not the main goal anymore.

🗣️ Opinion: Bro, she's doing a great job so far! Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has been here for 2 months and she: - Opened a dialogue with veterans & consumers. - Removed "This is an Xbox". - Revamped Achievements. - Reduced the price of Game Pass. 🚫 But the problem... 👇 - In order to grow Game Pass... - You need to grow Xbox Console sales. - In order to grow Xbox Console Sales... - You need a >discernible< Exclusive game strategy. 🤔 What do you think she'll do here?

@MisterSpace3 @Xbox What mistake?

Right now, all playstation execs, employees, media & influencers are under a general alarm to fully capitalize on the HUGE mistake @xbox just made. It will take a few weeks or months until they nail it, but they WILL come up with the next slogan that will cause xbox massive damage

@TheRedDragon No, they responded to feedback. Same should happen with Fortnite crew, we’ll see.

Xbots begged for the Activision merger only so they don’t have to pay for Call of Duty Now Microsoft just rug pulled COD😂 AND Game Pass is STILL MORE EXPENSIVE than it was before the merger They just did a smoke and mirrors rope a dope with you poor bas turds 😭 We Hear You!

@YorchTorchGames No, it’s actual feedback. Next is to remove Fortnite Crew, we’ll see.

Microsoft just lowered Game Pass prices while quietly removing Call of Duty Day One launches. They're charging you less for a worse product and calling it 'a response to feedback'. Don't fall for the trap. It's a downgrade disguised as marketing.

Until yesterday, Cod was supposed to be day one on game pass. Plans change, Asha said it herself. About the legality of things, if they focus on being competitive, they could find a way. Again, never take anything for granted in the corporate world. And yes if they don’t change the current strategy, there will be no point in getting an Xbox console over other consoles (looking at PS5).

@ThatAmbG @asha_shar @joshmunsee They’re legally obliged to bring Call of Duty to PlayStation day one at the very least for the next 10 years. You will never have anything anyone covets exclusively on Xbox.

@CapcomUSA_ @Xavier1415 Can’t wait!

We're not done with 2026 yet.

@wccftech Seriously who writes this stuff? No point at all.

Xbox Project Helix has 0 GPU customization, leak claims, abandoning the last thing that made an Xbox feel like one. wccftech.com/xbox-project-h…

@HazzadorGamin My opinion is that Sony wanted to build something like Fortnite so bad, that ended up making them lose their logic and messed up their business model.

Former head of Sony Worldwide Studio Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him from Playstation studio. “Jim Ryan wanted to remove me from first-party because I didn’t listen to him,” “He asked to do some ridiculous things, and I said ‘No.'” thisweekinvideogames.com/news/shuhei-yo…

@mindsetmachine Things and problems only rich people say and have.

Former Goldman Sachs trader resets your view on money

@DestinLegarie Peak gaming origins.

Wow. Just found photos of my first gaming / editing setup.

@WeAwokenTheHive So true.

Sarah Bond 2 months after leaving Xbox seeing ‘This is an Xbox’ nuked, Asha Sharma saying Game Pass is too expensive, and exclusives may be back on the menu

@FalseAnswer180 @charlieINTEL And that's why I believe that, by not having exclusives, there's no reason for a console to exist in today's gaming landscape. You can game pretty much anything anywhere right now, no average consumer will throw a big load of money on another machine that does the same things.

@ThatAmbG @charlieINTEL Except the next Xbox no longer need the sales. It literally Pc optional lmao

Xbox are reportedly considering a return to exclusives Jez Cordan said on XB2 that “There are very, very big discussions regarding exclusivity internally at Xbox”