'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member | IGN Daily The Fix

'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member | IGN Daily The Fix

On today's Daily Fix: One of the original founding members of xbox, Laura Fryer, says that Xbox Hardware is “Dead” and expressed disappointment with the direction Xbox has taken since she was a part of the company. Xbox recently announced a partnership with ROG for their latest handheld, the ROG XBOX Ally X, which has ROG taking care of the hardware and Xbox the software. To her this is an indication that the company is no longer interested in h…

Former Xbox Executive: “Microsoft’s Console Business is Dead”

The current direction of Xbox puts an end to the future of Microsoft consoles, according to Laura Fryer — a veteran of the corporation who led the Xbox Advanced Technology Group in the early 2000s.

Microsoft Veteran: "Xbox Hardware Is Dead"

Laura Fryer was one of the first employees at Microsoft Game Studios, producing the early “Gears of War” games and serving as director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group. She left the company about halfway through the Xbox 360 cycle and went on to become general manager of WB Games Seattle and Epic Games Seattle. Needless to say, she has a lot of experience and knowledge in these matters. She also has her own YouTube channel in which she craf…

Mike Ybarra: Drop the Xbox consoles and focus on publishing games instead

Mike Ybarra, former head of Blizzard, believes Xbox urgently needs to figure out its identity — and seriously consider whether the hardware business is even worth keeping. In a series of posts on X, he voiced frustration over Xbox "spinning its wheels," trying to be both a hardware manufacturer and a game publisher. According to Ybarra, Xbox can't keep sitting on the fence. On X, he wrote: "It's simple to me. Xbox should strive to be the world's…