Microsoft's OpenAI partnership is older than Satya Nadella's strategic mistake with Windows Phone
… Microsoft incurred most of these costs before receiving any revenue from OpenAI. …
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Microsoft is spending like a company in control, but the numbers tell a more complicated story
… Despite Windows OEM, Devices, and Xbox content revenue declining, overall revenue still rose 18%. Microsoft Cloud revenue grew 29% to $54.5 billion, which helped drive the company’s results. …
Microsoft feared OpenAI would storm off to Amazon and "shit-talk" Azure on its way out
… A year later, in 2019, Kevin Scott admitted to Microsoft co‑founder Bill Gates and CEO Satya Nadella that he had been "highly dismissive" of AI efforts at OpenAI and Google DeepMind, when the companies were busy competing to see who "could achieve the most impressive game‑playing stunt." Scott beca… …
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… Windows and Office continue to be a large part of revenue for Microsoft, but their future plans have shifted from a “computer on every desk” to “mobile first, cloud first”. …
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass price drop will lead to growth and is "not surprising at all," says analysts
… Interestingly, the two have differing opinions about how Game Pass availability has affected Call of Duty sales, with Harding-Rolls commenting that "Microsoft was leaving a substantial amount of revenue on the table through a loss in premium sales." Previously, it's been reported that Microsoft los… …
Xbox is back as Asha Sharma scraps Microsoft Gaming in favor of the 'Return to Xbox' initiative
… However, that strategy, marked later by the infamous "Everything is an Xbox" campaign, faced a lot of internal pushback and failed to reverse years of declining hardware revenue. …
Sony's PlayStation exclusives aren't coming to Steam or PC any longer, putting pressure on Xbox
… But Sony's shift away from Steam and PC undoubtedly puts some pressure on Xbox, and it will be interesting to see if some changes come in response. …
Windows 11's Copilot isn’t losing AI "power" — but it is losing OpenAI exclusivity
… Former Snap Senior VP Jacob Andreou now leads Copilot experiences, both consumer and commercial, as an executive vice president reporting to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, while Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman will shift focus to developing frontier AI models for the company. …
Matthew Ball joins Microsoft as Gaming Chief Strategy Officer — here’s how he could steer Xbox’s future
… This shift reflects a desire for precision in spending and a reluctance to pay for large catalogs when only a small portion is used." Xbox's previous CEO Phil Spencer talked about Xbox Game Pass as a content fund powering and funding traditional games, freeing them from the pressure of delivering h… …
News Archive | December 2018 | Windows Central
… Blizzard's 'Heroes of the Storm' scaled back, developers shift to other games December 13 Free-to-play 'Spacelords' gets cross-play features between Xbox One and Steam Jurassic World Evolution gets a 'Cretaceous' surprise with latest DLC Microsoft reportedly to launch a consumer Microsoft 365 bundl… …