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Asha Sharma kritiserar sina föregångare: Xbox tappade fokus
Även om denna generation startade bra för Xbox, så hade Microsoft initialt svårt att få ut spel till konsolen medan Sony istället ångade på. Idag är rollerna närmast ombytta, men nu har Playstation 5 en stabil grund med fin försäljning medan Xbox Series S/X halkat efter.
Men vems fel är det att det gick så snett? Den som ytterst bär ansvaret är såklart högste chefen, vilket mellan 2014 och 2016 varit Phil Spencer, och även hans team. En person som verkar missnöjd med deras insatser är den nye Xbox-chefen Asha Sharma och i en intervju hos Fortune tycks hon kritisera föregångarnas (främst Phil Spencer och Sarah Bond) strategi, och menar att de agerade ogenomtänkt:
"In order to grow, we made a bunch of bets ... and as we did that, we inherently didn't focus on the core business. The number one measure of your strategy is what you put your resources behind, and we simply spread ourselves too thin."
Hur ser du på saken, var Spencers strategi bra, eller har Sharma en poäng?
Sarah Storey retires at 48: ‘It’s always about leaving something better than you found it’
Britain’s Paralympic dame is quitting after a stellar career that began in the swimming pool as a 14-year-old before five Games hoovering up cycling gold medals lebandit.lat
“This is the first time that I will speak about the next chapter,” Dame Sarah Storey says in a quiet corner of a busy cafe in Macclesfield as, after a remarkable career in which she won 74 world and Paralympic medals as the most successful British athlete, she prepares to announce her retirement from elite competition. It’s a seismic moment for Storey and for Paralympic sport but the 48-year-old is in a relaxed and cheerful mood.
“I’ve always shied away from the word ‘retirement’ because as an athlete you have to plan for the next chapter,” she says. “It certainly isn’t doing nothing and sitting with your feet up. I started planning for what life might look like as soon as I became an international athlete.
Continue reading...Rykte: Pokémon Winds/Waves har det största antalet nya Pokémon någonsin
De senaste årens Pokémon-spel har inte riktigt lyckas leva upp till det många gamers efterfrågar, nämligen en mer levande och friare värld, med rejält uppdaterad grafik. Lyckligtvis är just detta på väg - och det redan under 2027.
Då släpps nämligen {Pokémon Winds/Waves}, och nu har den ofta bevisat insatte insidern Centro Leaks lite nyheter att bjuda på. Personen påstår nämligen att vi kan se fram emot "the highest amount of new Pokémon ever in a Pokémon game". Så vad betyder det rent konkret, kanske du undrar? Jo, tydligen vankas "around 300 new Pokémon / forms", och dessutom utlovas att ny "battle mechanic will introduce special weather forms for some Pokémon".
Centro Leaks skriver att det fanns tveksamhet mot att posta ryktet eftersom siffran är så hög att det verkar osannolikt, men efter att ha fått höra liknande uppgifter från flera håll så bedöms det ha god chans att vara korrekta uppgifter.
Fallout series nominated for 9 Emmys, but not even one of them is for 'Outstanding Goggins'
The Television Academy (which is not a place where TVs go to school, I've just learned) has announced the nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards. And, yeah, yeah, The Pitt got 25 nominations, of course it did, Widow's Bay got 19 noms, and Pluribus got 18.
Eh, who cares? This is a PC gaming site. How did TV shows based on PC games do?
Great! Sort of. Fallout Season 2 hauled off an impressive nine Emmy nominations, but don't pop the Nuka Cola yet—none of the actors on the show were nominated. Not Ella Purnell as Lucy, not Aaron Moten as Max, not Kyle MacLachlan as Hank, who were all great this season. Not even Justin Theroux got a nomination, despite being deliciously creepy as the unhinged Robert House.
And somehow, Walton Goggins as Cooper Howard and The Ghoul didn't get a nom. I am surprised at this! Goggions would seem to be a shoe-in as a crowd favorite: he was nominated for Fallout Season 1 in 2024, though the award went to Hiroyuki Sanada for Shōgun, and I can't really beef about that because he was great. But Goggins was even better in Season 2, particularly his scenes as Cooper Howard in the pre-war sequences, which are easily my favorite parts of the show.
Who did get nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama? Noah Wyle, obviously, for The Pitt, Mark Ruffalo for Task (he was good), Gary Oldman for Slow Horses (no argument here), Sterling K. Brown for Paradise (only watched the first episode), and Rufus Sewell for The Diplomat (didn't see it).
How do you feel about those guys getting nominated and Goggins not getting gogginated? Here, do me a favor and answer this quick poll:
At least the people who turn Goggins into the Ghoul are up for a nomination: Fallout Season 2 is up for two Outstanding Makeup categories (non-prosthetic and prosthetic), and one for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes.
The show is also nominated for Outstanding Stunt Performance for the episode "The Profligate," though I just scrubbed through that episode and I'm not sure which stunt was being submitted—possibly the performer leaping through the air while wearing power armor, at the end.
Other categories include sound editing, sound mixing, hairstyling, and production design. Just no acting!
You can see Fallout's complete list of Emmy nominations here. We'll just have to cross our fingers for Goggins to finally win an Emmy in Season 3.
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Asha Sharma kritiserer sine forgjengere: Xbox mistet fokuset og måtte betale prisen
Selv om denne generasjonen fikk en god start for Xbox, slet Microsoft i begynnelsen med å sikre seg spill til konsollen, mens Sony derimot seilte av gårde. I dag er rollene nesten snudd på hodet, men nå har PlayStation 5 et solidt fundament med sterke salgstall, mens Xbox Series S/X har falt bak.
Men hvem har skylden for at det gikk så galt? Den som til syvende og sist har ansvaret, er selvfølgelig konsernsjefen, som fra 2014 til 2016 var Phil Spencer, sammen med teamet hans. En person som virker misfornøyd med deres innsats, er den nye Xbox-sjefen, Asha Sharma, og i et intervju med Fortune ser det ut til at hun kritiserer strategien til sine forgjengere (primært Phil Spencer og Sarah Bond), og hevder at de handlet uten nøye overveielse:
«For å vokse satset vi på en rekke ting … og mens vi gjorde det, fokuserte vi i praksis ikke på kjernevirksomheten. Det viktigste målet på strategien din er hva du bruker ressursene dine på, og vi spredte oss rett og slett for tynt.»
Hva mener du om dette? Var Spencers strategi fornuftig, eller har Sharma et poeng?