jdlshore8 hours ago
What is/was Copilot on mobile and on XBox? I can’t keep track of all the different things Microsoft now calls “Copilot.”
It’s interesting that so many execs with a GenAI background are joining a gaming console division, and seemingly moving away from GenAI. Gamers are pretty hostile to GenAI, too.
Edit: As nhinck2 says below, all the new execs came with the new CEO from her CoreAI division. So maybe not so interesting after all.
favorited8 hours ago
It was supposed to be Copilot, with access to your Xbox account. So you could ask it things like "what achievements do I have in [game]?" It would also know what game you were playing, and answer questions like, "I'm stuck on [puzzle], give me a hint," etc.
The "on mobile" part was that it would be integrated into the Xbox mobile app.
(I say "supposed to be" because it was just a beta, and hadn't even made it to consoles yet – just PC and mobile.)
crowcroft8 hours ago
One turn away from 'Hey Copilot can you play my game for me'.
flohofwoe2 hours ago
Autoplay mode (non-AI based), isn't all that unusual for Asian MMOs, e.g. builtin farming bots to counter thirdparty farming bots.
cma8 hours ago
It doesn't sound too different than things like the Nintendo Power Hotline.
Larrikin7 hours ago
But this was replaced by Segasages/Gamefaqs. There are a lot of gamers now that will make a YouTube video about it. Seems like a replacement for no reason.
DANmode7 hours ago
That…might have actually been what they were missing, that usecase…
mc328 hours ago
Where the other player asked the same thing so Copilot has to play against itself...
hnisforrtards6 hours ago
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3eb7988a16637 hours ago
I have never used it, but many games on Playstation offer a kind of Hint function accessible from within the platform.
cryzinger7 hours ago
I've used those occasionally and they seem to be a mix of official guides and user-submitted video clips, but it's not clear where the user-submitted clips come from.
nhinck28 hours ago
Well, one person moved and then brought a bunch of people with them.
jdlshore8 hours ago
Good point.
sidewndr466 hours ago
isn't Copilot just whatever Microsoft needs it to be this week?
shalmanese4 hours ago
No, you’re thinking of .NET. Or maybe 365. Or perhaps you’re thinking of Live. Or maybe it was ActiveX.
vrganj3 hours ago
Isn't even MS Office Copilot now?
szszrk2 minutes ago
There is no such thing as ms office any more. Please don't speak of him.
But also please don't try to find the new one with our search bar. Really, please don't.
stubish5 hours ago
I think this is pure economics. Don't add features people don't want to pay for, or you lower profits.
prosunpraiser3 hours ago
Cause obviously what the gamers need right now is not games - but intrusive AI that adds no utility whatsoever.
Why didn’t I think of that?
_s_a_m_2 hours ago
Xbox doing anything except of games
pjmlpan hour ago
Being one of the biggest publishers is also a money maker.
You know, those games that Steam has to do binary translation into Linux, like Dolphin, because no one cares to target it natively.
mikestorrent3 hours ago
Ending console development? So what even is Xbox after that? An also-ran Steam clone? The point was buying physical hardware, I thought, that ran the games perfectly without f'ing around.
Microsoft continues to prove they have no taste
flohofwoe2 hours ago
Ending Copilot development on console, not ending console development. It's just poorly written.
h4kunamata4 hours ago
Too late, no games, terrible service, Xbox has ignored its userbase since XSX release and with Steam getting stronger by the day, it is a little too late.
I only turn my XSX on for a few minutes so the SSD won't loose its data, to update and turn it off.
I got the new Steam controller instead of using my Xbox Elite 2 controller on Steam. XSX was my last interaction with Xbox as a whole, there is no future, not while Microsoft owns it!!
Look at what they did with the studios they bought, nothing!!
Look at what they did with COD, destroyed what was already broken.
Console is so dead that even Sony is making dumb changes pushing players to Steam.
pjmlp4 hours ago
Which is why exclusives matter, you don't go to Steam if the game is only on one of Switch, PlayStation, XBox, XBox PC, Android, iOS, Apple Arcade,.....
k4rli2 hours ago
You don't publish such exclusive games on these platforms if there aren't enough people using the platforms. Even higher incentives from MSFT/Sony probably wouldn't help.
pjmlp2 hours ago
There are plenty of people using those platforms, even game developers prefer to target stable hardware, than zoo configurations.
However what isn't happening is the growth that shareholders love so much, because like in other industries those MBA folks still haven't understood there isn't such thing as an infinite exponential growth curve.
As 70's child, before those MBAs even cared games industry existed, many of us had to contend with a single new game per year, or learn how to program our own games, now we are in a state like 1983 crash.
There are enough games to play even on lousiest platform, than most people have time on their lives to finish.
sudofail8 hours ago
Sounds promising! Hope she can turn things around.
HDBaseT7 hours ago
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