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Ryan McCaffrey

@dmc_ryan
34 posts
2025-09-20
FIVE YEARS IN. Just go full Sega at this point, Microsoft, and spare us this nonsense. Good lord. 🙄 Maybe I should flip my launch-day Xbox Series X for a profit at this point and just play on my PC. 😂
2025-09-20 View on X
Windows Central

Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing “changes in the macroeconomic environment”

second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices Vikki Blake / Eurogamer.net : U.S. Xbox fans hit with another hardware price hike just four m...

2025-07-24
The Switch 2 is the fastest-selling console in US gaming history. I am VERY curious to see how they try to keep the momentum going w/software. DK is awesome but it won't sell anywhere near what Odyssey did. Pokemon Z-A is cross-gen, as is MP4. What next? https://www.ign.com/...
2025-07-24 View on X
IGN

Circana: Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling video game device in US history, with 1.6M units sold in June, topping the PS4's 1.1M units in November 2013

1.6 million units were sold during its launch month in the U.S., and 82% of buyers also got Mario Kart World.

2025-03-11
HUGE scoop by @JezCorden on Project Keenan, aka the next-gen Xbox hardware family. He specifically mentions a high-end Series X successor but not one for Series S. I wonder if my theory that the handheld Xbox fills that role will prove correct. Read it: https://www.windowscentral.com/ ...
2025-03-11 View on X
Windows Central

Sources: Microsoft is working on an Xbox-branded gaming handheld, slated for later in 2025, and successors to the Xbox Series X|S, tentatively slated for 2027

He specifically mentions a high-end Series X successor but not one for Series S. I wonder if my theory that the handheld Xbox fills that role will prove correct.  Read it:  —  www....

2025-02-13
Microsoft might legit publish more games on PS5 this year than Sony does. 😂
2025-02-13 View on X
Windows Central

PlayStation's State of Play event showed that Microsoft might publish more PS5 games in 2025 than Sony does, even as Xbox hardware sales continue to decline

Sony had its semi-regular State of Play showcase yesterday, and PlayStation gamers hoping for a roadmap received a lot of third-party multiplatform titles instead.

Microsoft might legit publish more games on PS5 this year than Sony does. 😂
2025-02-13 View on X
Variety

Sony reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $28.6B, operating income up 1% YoY to $3.05B, and gaming revenue up 16% YoY to $10.92B, driven by strong PS5 sales

Sony Group Corporation turned in a strong third quarter for 2024, riding high on gaming and music while its film unit faced headwinds.

2024-09-20
I don't know whether or not Nintendo has a case here. My first thought was, “If you're gonna sue the developers of Palworld, what the heck took you EIGHT MONTHS to do it?” And really it's more, as this game was announced a while ago. https://www.ign.com/...
2024-09-20 View on X
The Verge

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developer Pocketpair for allegedly infringing “multiple patent rights”; Palworld sold 5M+ copies in January 2024

Yesterday, a lawsuit was filed against our company for patent infringement. Natalie Fear / Creative Bloq : Fans criticise Nintendo's “predatory” Palworld lawsuit Wesley Yin-Poole /...

2024-09-19
I don't know whether or not Nintendo has a case here. My first thought was, “If you're gonna sue the developers of Palworld, what the heck took you EIGHT MONTHS to do it?” And really it's more, as this game was announced a while ago. https://www.ign.com/...
2024-09-19 View on X
The Verge

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developer Pocketpair, accusing it of infringing on “multiple patent rights”; Palworld sold 5M+ copies in January

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, which makes the game Palworld.

2024-07-11
Welp, time to reset the “It has been __ days since Xbox stepped on a rake” sign back to zero. 🫠 Sigh... https://www.ign.com/...
2024-07-11 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $19.99/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles

is Amazon Prime next? Jez Corden / Windows Central : Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases Jennifer Maas / ...

2024-07-10
Welp, time to reset the “It has been __ days since Xbox stepped on a rake” sign back to zero. 🫠 Sigh... https://www.ign.com/...
2024-07-10 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $19.99/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles

Microsoft is planning to hike its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pricing again in September, alongside launching a new “standard” …

2024-06-26
Interesting. Marc Whitten, one of the then-Microsoft executives held accountable for the failure of the Xbox One's launch, is now running GM's autonomous driving project. Huh.
2024-06-26 View on X
CNBC

Cruise names Marc Whitten, a former Amazon and Microsoft executive, as its new CEO

2024-06-11
Really fun way to close out #IGNLive Thanks ⁦@XboxP3⁩, Hugo, Tiffany, and Miles for stopping by and talking about the #XboxShowcase and your respective games! [image]
2024-06-11 View on X
IGN

Q&A with Phil Spencer on the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, studio closures and layoffs, multi-platform games, Game Pass, a possible Xbox handheld, and more

“I'm not really a regrets guy.”  —  Hot on the heels of Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase, CEO Phil Spencer sat down with IGN's Ryan McCaffrey …

2024-03-29
I'm guessing a lot of people thought 2K already owned Gearbox. But no, they were independent (until Embracer) & 2K had “dibs” on all Borderlands games. Selfishly I'd love Brothers in Arms to come back, but realistically it's gonna be LOTS more Borderlands https://www.ign.com/...
2024-03-29 View on X
IGN

Take-Two acquires Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the Embracer Group for $460M in stock; the deal is expected to close by the end of June 2024

A new Homeworld game is also in development.  —  Embracer Group has officially divested Gearbox Entertainment …

2024-02-28
Sorry to see Apple's Project Titan EV effort canceled. If anyone had the resources to bring something to market and the will and brand power to make it stick, it was them. Not to mention that they wouldn't have been held back by legacy ICE manufacturing. https://www.ign.com/...
2024-02-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple is winding down Project Titan, its decade-long effort to make an electric car; Apple plans to move some impacted staff to generative AI projects

- Executives tell staff to end work on endeavor known as Titan  — Employees on some car teams will move to Apple's AI division

2024-02-06
I respect the heck out of Phil, but constructive criticism time: their messaging is almost ALWAYS reactive rather than proactive. Their brand is in a constant defensive state. It's been this way since 2013. It makes them look weak, honestly. Sony and Nintendo aren't like this.
2024-02-06 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announces an event next week to share “our vision for the future of Xbox”, amid rumors that Xbox exclusives are coming to PS5

Details of Microsoft's multi-platform plans have been gradually leaking, with The Verge revealing over the weekend …

2023-10-10
Didn't Riccitiello sell a bunch of shares right before he tanked the stock and pissed off every game developer customer with his obviously stupid policy change? Anyway good riddance but he no doubt burned a ton of bridges with devs on the way out. Story: https://www.ign.com/...
2023-10-10 View on X
VentureBeat

Unity CEO John Riccitiello resigns in the wake of the company's fee controversy; Unity names former Red Hat President and CEO James Whitehurst as interim CEO

John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, has resigned from the company in the wake of a pricing controversy that left developers in open revolt.

2023-09-28
Say what you will about Jim Ryan (like how “We believe in generations” was total BS & that he raised prices on literally everything), but from a biz perspective, his tenure at PlayStation can't be considered anything but a rousing success. Under his watch, PlayStation dominated.
2023-09-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan plans to retire in March 2024; Ryan joined Sony in 1994, just before the first PlayStation debuted

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg :

2023-09-27
Probably wise to turn 2FA on for your PlayStation account if it isn't already: https://www.ign.com/...
2023-09-27 View on X
IGN

Sony opens an investigation after ransomware group “Ransomed.vc” claimed to have breached the company's systems and threatened to sell or post the stolen data

Data reportedly up for sale.  —  Sony has said it has launched an investigation after a ransomware group claimed to have breached the company's systems.

2023-08-31
As my PS5 is primarily a Sony First-Party Games Machine for me (and well worth it for that!), I don't think I'll be renewing my PlayStation Plus. I never play multiplayer on PS5. I should probably kill my Nintendo Online too, but at least that's only $20. https://www.ign.com/...
2023-08-31 View on X
The Verge

Sony plans to raise PlayStation Plus annual subscription prices on September 6: Essential from $60 to $80, Extra from $100 to $135, Premium from $120 to $160

Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation Plus subscription next month.  The service's annual Essential plan will go from $60 to $80 …

2023-08-18
If there are any Xbox 360 games you want that you still haven't bought all these years later, you have about 11 months to buy them before you lose your last chance. https://www.ign.com/...
2023-08-18 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft plans to close its Xbox 360 Store and Xbox 360 Marketplace on July 29, 2024, meaning users will no longer be able to buy games, DLC, avatars, and more

Backwards Compatibility titles can still be purchased via Xbox One and Series.  —  https://news.xbox.com/...  [image] X: Chris Scullion / @scully1888 : Yer man's been busy this aft...

2023-08-17
Surely @XboxP3 had to sign off on Xbox's new Enforcement Strike System. Phil, why does it take EIGHT strikes to get a one-year ban? Here's why that doesn't make sense to me, in Xbox's own words: “In 2022, fewer than 1% of all players received a temporary suspension, and only...
2023-08-17 View on X
The Verge

Xbox debuts a strike-based enforcement program, to improve “player transparency” and clear up confusion; eight strikes over six months results in a one-year ban