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Microsoft XBox Can't Stop Talking About Slop

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 27, 2026

Yesterday: Microsoft Slop is Already Killing XBox

Only hours later some more face-saving spin:

Microsoft's execs can't stop hooting and hollering about AI, but Xbox's new overlords promise 'We've got no pressure' from up top that would 'flood our ecosystem with slop'

Seeing where the leadership of XBox comes from, people are rightly concerned when they want games rather than CG (computer-generated) fodder - the sort of thing that reportedly flooded XBox already!!!

From what we can gather, and we're backed on this by a founder of Box, this is basically the end of XBox. Each time people point out the obvious ("layoffs coming!") or the already-evident ("there will be slop") the Microsoft fake press machine kicks into gear. Today it is Friday. Will we see more "prepared" (under embargo) Microsoft propaganda released simultaneously at 9PM tonight?

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