Xbox Might Get Spun Off

In a spin

If there’s one thing we can say about Xbox, things have been very loud over there recently. There’s been so much talk of Microsoft getting Xbox back to what it used to be when it was recognisable as a home console first and foremost, not a subscription platform with some hardware attached, not a multimedia centre to watch Netflix, just a console to play games. I’ve written that I think that’s going to be very difficult for Xbox boss Asha Sharma to implement the changes that fans want while Microsoft is calling the shots, because Microsoft doesn’t see the value in the Xbox console. That might be a change though; there’s a new report from ‘The Information’ that says it might be the case Xbox finds itself spun off into it’s own entity, possibly by introducing another party to invest in it, or allowing Xbox to effectively operate independently of Microsoft.

This is an unconfirmed report, it must be said, no one from Microsoft or Xbox has said as much, but if it did turn out to be true we could see massive changes for Xbox.

Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Taking the Multisystem 2 for a spin.