The media? Lol.
Asha Sharma and Matt Booty released a blog post just days after their Showcase detailing things like Xbox being down $500m in revenue, 8 months of Game Pass decline, massively lower margins, a worse hardware position than competitors, up to 5x higher upcoming component prices, changes some fans will find "frustrating" etc.
Asha Sharma also did an interview in which she stated the business wasn't "particularly healthy" and that "as the business is healthy, we will look to try and do more" exclusives.
In that same timeframe Matt Ball also did an interview in which he mentioned the use of ad integration to make things more affordable.
Again, all of this just days after the Xbox Showcase.
And you want to blame....media? Lol.
The blame is on
#Xbox. They could've waited to put this stuff out, instead they decided to to it days after their Showcase and cloud themselves in negativity.
And if restructuring, layoffs etc are being planned in the background adjacent to this publicly revealed "reset", it's not surprising it might get picked up on.
Clearly there's a lot going on in both the foreground and background at Xbox, and a lot of it is erring on the negative.
Xbox: Pulls Gears E-Day from PS5.
The Media: