Defining Duke, Episode 265 | These Xbox Stats Are BRUTAL... (Patreon)

Well, we've seen our fair share of Xbox earnings reports. As expected, there's a lot of negative discourse around it, but this time there are some more troubling facts resting within these underlying numbers. As we've seen Xbox's hardware has been down for almost two years now. That continues in this quarter, so it is not much of a shocker by this point. That is if you only consider the console and not the recently released Xbox Ally. When it comes to gaming revenue as well as content and services, they're down. This is significant because this is all based on the holiday window where we usually see spending go up. In a window where they had the likes of Call Of Duty, which became the number one selling game of the month in December, they still ended up with losses. The likes of Outer Worlds 2, Keeper, or Ninja Gaiden 4 couldn't do enough, nor should they be fully expected to make up that sort of difference. The sum of it all is despite this being one of Xbox's busier holidays, they couldn't escape a loss and that comes shortly after a Game Pass price hike.

Timestamps:0:00:00 - Intro

0:05:04 - Snowy Dukes

0:11:48 - Our workflow

0:19:03 - A second Xbox Developer Direct in 2026?

0:26:37 - Forza Horizon 6’s pricey premium upgrade

0:31:33 - State Of Decay 3 has a pulse

0:39:00 - The Coalition opens up on Gears Of War: E-Day

0:45:14 - Achievement overhaul inbound?

0:50:53 - Xbox Q2 earnings are in

1:04:48 - PS6 after 2028?

1:18:45 - State Of Play and Nintendo Direct in February?

1:22:57 - Beyond Good & Evil 2 has survived the Ubisoft purge

1:30:26 - Indie publishers should be avoided

1:42:37 - Emberville gets a release window

1:45:16 - BioWare is quietly hiring for Mass Effect

1:46:34 - Dragon Ball Age 1000 Announced

1:56:13 - Resident Evil Requiem will not be open world

2:01:17 - Code Veronica Remake is targeting H1 2027

2:03:31 - What We’re Playing

2:50:50 - Xbox realizes the most obvious thing ever

3:05:22 - Brian Fargo opens up on Clockwork Revolution