Sarah Bond posted this two hours before they announced her departure. I don't think she knew what was going to happen.

The new head of XBox got her first ever achievement only mid-January. And a month later she played 28 games and got 10860 Game Scores.

She failed in Cities: Skylines, completed Firewatch (and praised it), got fairly deep into Halo games (many of them), but also didn't like Minecraft.

She also liked What Remains of Edith Finch, Townscaper, Gone Home, A Short Hike, and BALL x PIT. The overall picture doesn't scream "we hired three gamers to boost the score", but rather "we gave a non-gamer task to play or get fired, she's in pain now, trying to consume 70 years of game industry in one month".

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At least he's free now

Metal Gay Solid 3

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Xenoblade Chronicles X is so bad on Switch 2 that NINTENDO is issuing refunds. I don’t ever recall Nintendo doing it ever in the past.

Last Exile (S1) is still probably the best science fiction anime, only comparable to Trigun (the old one):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yPqD2mUsU
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RAM Prices are getting lower according to Tom's Hardware. There's still a huge shortage, but people just stopped buying it anyway.

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It's been over a year since the initial release and still 1-4 people clone it daily:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JYL-KEEoc — drop a ❤️ on a video!
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Rainbow Six Mobile is finally available worldwide!

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Among other things, Microsoft will give up on "This is an XBox" marketing from now on. The slogan and overall idea was not popular internally and led to barely (if any) traction in subscription sales (according to Tom Warren from The Verge)

Tom says, that Microsoft decided to fire Sarah Bond, because the campaign was her vision of XBox and she left no space for doubt of this idea back in 2024. Most of the developers and gamers considered this idea offensive and didn't like cloud gaming.

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People from Assassin’s Creed Black Flag (and Origins) took over AC franchise...

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