Shawarar da Microsoft ta yanke na rage ma’aikata 1900 an ba da rahoton ganin an rage rukunin gidajen sayar da wasannin kamfanin, wanda ya haifar da sabbin tambayoyi kan makomar Xbox a cikin kasuwancin wasannin motsa jiki.
Rubutu akan X, Jez Corden na tsakiyar Windows ya ce Microsoft ya "rufe sassan da aka keɓe don kawo wasannin Xbox zuwa siyar da kayayyaki ta zahiri".
Shin wannan shine ƙarshen wasannin Xbox na dambe? Wataƙila ba tukuna ba, Corden ya ci gaba. Microsoft na iya fitar da samar da wasan motsa jiki na zahiri kuma yana iya ƙarfafa ƙungiyoyi a sassan sassan. Amma labarin da ya yanke ma'aikatan da ke aiki akan sakin wasan motsa jiki na zuwa bayan Microsoft da gangan ya bayyana cewa ya shirya don na'urar wasan bidiyo na dijital-kawai a nan gaba tun farkon wannan shekarar. Kuma a makon da ya gabata kawai, Microsoft ya ce ɗayan mahimman wasanninsa na wannan shekara - Gidan wuta 2 - zai zama ƙaddamar da dijital kawai.
"Akwai wasu wasannin AAA masu kashi 80 tare da hannun jari na dijital akan Xbox kwanakin nan don haka ba abin mamaki bane," manazarcin masana'antar wasannin bidiyo Daniel Ahmad rubuta a mayar da martani. "Mai nuni ga yadda gen na gaba zai tabbata."
Eurogamer ya tuntubi Microsoft don yin sharhi game da shirye-shiryen sakin wasansa na zahiri.
Shirye-shiryen Microsoft na maye gurbin Xbox Series X na yanzu tare da wartsakewa na dijital-kawai an haɗa su a cikin babban ma'ajiyar fayilolin da aka ɗora wa sabar FTC da gangan a watan Satumbar da ya gabata.
Waɗannan tsare-tsaren, waɗanda aka yi kwanan watan Afrilu 2022, sun bayyana na'ura mai ban sha'awa don ƙaddamar da ita a wannan shekara, wacce ta jawo ƙarancin ƙarfi, wanda aka ba da izinin Wi-Fi mai sauri kuma yana nuna 2TB na ajiya na ciki.
Shugaban Xbox Phil Spencer daga baya yarda ledar amma ya ce yana dauke da "tsoffin imel da takardu", kuma ya ce "da yawa sun canza" - ko da yake har yanzu kamfanin yana da Xbox Series X na dijital kawai, bai ce ba.
"Abu ne mai kyau Microsoft yanzu ya ce 'dukkan tsare-tsaren dijital' na gaba sun tsufa," Na rubuta a lokacin. "Sun ba da shawarar wata hanya ta daban ga Sony, da kuma ƙarancin adana wasa a sakamakon."
