Kane Gao

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just commented about winning back consumers across Windows, Xbox, and more: "When it comes to our consumer business, we're doing the foundational work required to win back fans and strengthen engagement across Windows, Xbox, Bing, and Edge. In the near term we are focused on fundamentals, prioritizing quality and serving our core users better. You see this in the work underway across our consumer products. With Windows, we recently announced performance improvements for lower memory devices, streamlined the Windows Update experience, and brought back focus to core features and fundamentals that matter most to our customers. And you also see this in Xbox, where the team is recommitting to our core fans and players and shaping the future of play. Last week's Game Pass changes are one example of how we are staying responsive to customer feedback. Monthly Active Windows devices surpassed 1.6 billion... Bing monthly active users reached 1 billion for the first time. We set new records for monthly Xbox active users in the quarter, as well as game streaming hours. In Microsoft 365 Consumer we have nearly 95 million subscribers."

I hardly ever used any of my member perks other than the games themselves. Will totally welcome a streaming media plan added to the package without (further) raising the price. If Netflix is too much to ask for, Spotify or Crunchyroll will do, too.

Xbox Game Pass at $30 a month is just too expensive. There's no universe where that price makes sense. I bet a vanishingly small amount of people actually use all the services contained inside it. Agree with this piece.

On this day in 1989: Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for the World Wide Web. His boss called it “vague, but exciting.”

Answer without Google Let's try if you're genius

Play a single video game for a year 12 hours a day to get $10M. What game are you playing?

GAMESTOP ISSUES STATEMENT ON INFINITE MONEY GLITCH GameStop is aware of the “GameStop Infinite Money Glitch,” exposed by YouTuber RJCmedia. By purchasing a Nintendo Switch 2 for $414.99 and then immediately trading it back in along with the purchase of a pre-owned game, a promotional bonus was triggered that increased the Switch 2 trade credit to $472.50. In short, our system briefly valued the pre-owned trade more than the new retail cost of the console itself, creating a narrow window where customers could repeat this transaction over and over again to amass infinite trade credit. Effective immediately, the glitch has been patched. Trade promotions have been updated to ensure customers can no longer convert basic arithmetic into an endless revenue stream, and balance has been restored. GameStop remains committed to offering promotions that reward our customers, and while we applaud the creativity, we gently remind everyone that our stores are not designed to function as infinite money printers.