Sponsor: Thermaltake TR200 WS mATX Case on Amazon https://geni.us/bviRvG Microsoft has repeated boneheaded decisions that have damaged its Xbox brand. Xbox is currently in freefall, with new leadership taking to layoffs and cutdowns to try and save the brand, while simultaneously increasing the price of cloud subscription gaming and allowing GPUs to sit in warehouses.

In this video, we dig into Microsoft's history of poor decisions and its implosion. The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Microsoft’s Contradictions 02:21 - New Xbox Leadership 04:20 - Xbox Game Pass Changes 06:49 - History of Xbox 09:46 - Kinect: The Beginning of the Freefall 12:07 - Spending Spree 17:56 - Mass Layoffs 20:47 - Price Hikes 27:06 - Xbox Sales Plummet and PCs for AI Agents 30:21 - Microsoft’s GPU Piles 33:23 - Conclusion CORRECTIONS: 13:40 - The so-called quadruple-A game was Skull and Bones, not Sea of Thieves.

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