Xbox Founding Team Member Says Xbox Hardware Is ‘Dead’

A founding member of the Xbox staff says she believes Xbox {hardware} is “lifeless” and that Microsoft seems to be planning a “gradual exit” from the gaming {hardware} enterprise. Microsoft lately introduced partnerships with exterior {hardware} firms together with the ROG Xbox Ally, which runs Home windows and capabilities as a transportable PC that may run video games from exterior shops like Steam.

Laura Fryer, one among Microsoft Recreation Studios’ first staff who labored as a producer on the unique Gears of Struggle video games and served as director of the Xbox Superior Expertise Group, known as the partnerships proof of Microsoft’s incapability to ship {hardware}. “Personally, I feel Xbox {hardware} is lifeless. The plan seems to be to simply drive all people to Recreation Move,” Fryer mentioned.