Microsoft Bloat and Business Problems
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 needs 64GB of RAM for ideal performance — oddly, the game install size is only 30GB [Ed: Halllmark of truly awful engineering at Microsoft]
After Flight Simulator 2024's launch on November 19, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft announced detailed system requirements, explained enhancements, and revealed how the new game could run with a much smaller file size.
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Xbox Struggling To Meet Revenue Expectations After Activision Buyout [Ed: Now Microsoft buys its own shares, it has said. When companies say "buybacks" nobody checks if they did it. They also don't say when; they just say... like Bill Gates says he "donates"...]
Xbox has recently spent nearly $100 billion on acquisitions to strengthen its first-party offering. The bulk of this $100 billion was spent on Activision and Bethesda, with the former costing $70 billion alone.
As per new reports, Microsoft is closely monitoring Xbox’s progress following these investments. It is said that the company is now facing the crushing weight of incredibly challenging profit and revenue targets.