Former Microsoft Exec Subtly Shades Xbox, Saying “Consoles Will Never Die” | Gaming

Microsoft may want to pay more attention to its gaming arm instead of trying to go all-in on cloud gaming.

For decades, several have pushed the narrative that “console gaming is dying,” but if you ask one of the executives behind Activision Blizzard’s most successful runs, this will never happen.

Former Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra, who left Microsoft earlier this year, went on X to air his candid remarks over the weekend. He said, “Those losing push the narrative that fits for them. Consoles will never die in my opinion,” which many took as his way of saying that Microsoft is going in the wrong direction.

For years now, Microsoft’s gaming arm has focused more on software sales and boosting the Game Pass subscription numbers than selling the Xbox itself….