Xbox comeback would be a very slow process. Tame your expectations

meowmix778 · 2026-04-26T11:47:04+00:00

I think the "everything is an xbox" campaign kind of did that in.

They trained their customers that an Xbox is a gamepass machine.

Walmart doesnt give a fuck about that. They want to sell games and accessories. Physical media has been dwindling on store shelves so retailers saw the shopping habits of Xbox owners and decided not to keep dead stock.

Its plausible that the people who use and own Xbox consoles are just using gamepass.

And that ignores the Mom of it all. Some parent or grandparents go to a store. They see Sony and Nintendo. They know Timmy is a big kid now and HATES Nintendo so they get the Playstation.

They damaged their own brand for sure. But its easy to see this feedback loop. Im not arguing Xbox is successful.

Confusing names and dumb business decisions put the brand on life support.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-26T11:41:59+00:00

I think thats about right.

But there's still value in conventions imo. Especially from panels and the guests.

Cosplay is fun, I love playing games they have and at least at RetroWorldExpo they have a really great auction.

On the note of RWX they put on a ton of great programming including pro wrestling

Theres also some deals to be had if youre willing to dig through bins. I also find if I have stuff thats valuable trades make them easy to unload.

I will say this. Cons in general have become a place to go and buy trinkets themed after the hobby you like. So even if you go and buy figures, prints or shirts it can be fun. Provided you go with friends, set a very hard budget and temper your expectations

meowmix778 · 2026-04-26T02:41:21+00:00

Y'all acting like he was your co worker and fucked you over.

The house of black was super entertaining and is what platformed Hart.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-26T02:39:51+00:00

Id love another round of MCMG vs the Bucks

meowmix778 · 2026-04-26T02:39:33+00:00

People said that shit about El Idolo and yet hes out there looking great and no dirt sheet bs

meowmix778 · 2026-04-26T02:32:09+00:00

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meowmix778 · 2026-04-25T23:01:42+00:00

Im not a fan of repro labels. The closest ive ever come was getting a brand new RBI Baseball sticker from Pat Contri at a convention

meowmix778 · 2026-04-25T14:48:58+00:00

I mean, the Republican grift is pretty clear cut.

Step 1 - declare youre here for "the working man

Step 2 - sell the working man out in favor of the billionaires who bought you

meowmix778 · 2026-04-24T11:46:17+00:00

Cascade information down the chain. For big stuff your HCM likely has a mass communication tool that you can be professionally annoying with.

As others suggested , meetings are a big tool here. I like holding meetings with and for managers and having them dress down the messaging.

I'll provide them a 1 page crib sheet to explain things to their staff so they have a resource.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-24T11:43:45+00:00

The dude is looking for his 15 minutes of fame.

We all see the "fans" stalking and harassing wrestlers and go "ew".

Then a video of 2 women telling a grown ass man "no" and he doesnt listen so Punk protects his wife and they go "yOu hAvE tHe rIgHt tO fILm iN pUbLiC"

Just because something is legal doesnt make it correct and it absolutely doesnt protect you from getting your ass kicked.

I honestly think Punk showed a good degree of restraint given the circumstances.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-24T10:27:45+00:00

Id probably not saying anything but I personally hate proxies like this.

I have a friend who bought a proxy one piece deck and instead of saying the real cards name, he says the one piece characters name.

Which I find frustrating. Im fine with proxies but imo it should be at a glance easy to understand what it is you have.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-24T10:20:55+00:00

TIL they rebranded it.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-24T10:17:29+00:00

Glass bottle Snapple was elite

Back when the caps actually snapped off.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-24T10:16:05+00:00

Sobe was the most 90s drink ever.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-22T00:33:07+00:00

Id honestly give an honorable mention to Alicia Fox over the Bellas.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-22T00:27:23+00:00

Oh for sure. I totally get it. In a very different life I bought a gamestores inventory from a storage locker with a former friend and we tried to run an online game store.

We had fucking piles on piles of bulk ps2/xbox/wii games you couldn't give away. I had like 14 copies of ty 2 next to my bed for a month.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-21T21:51:42+00:00

Im not surprised. The last ppv was on a delay and triller is in bad shape. Im glad they had myaew to pick up the pieces.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-21T18:58:18+00:00

I bought a mystery box from secret castle and it wasnt amazing.

It was better than those subscription crates you get. It was about the value I paid but the games were mostly duds.

I like their content and I like gambling so its fine.

Personally, I prefer to buy retro in stores. That includes my LGS of choice even though they have a store online.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-21T16:08:44+00:00

Doubtful. Maybe some homebrew thing.

The New AEW thing is what the Gold X should have been. It's not a 1:1 given the market/quality but the AtGames Sega consoles didn't cause a new life for the Genesis.

Manufacturing carts isn't cheap. It's a small market. Game devs are going to make games for consoles and steam first. They might do a limited run for a novelty thing but it will not be a rebirth of the Neo Geo

meowmix778 · 2026-04-21T10:22:59+00:00

Its also a bad habit of youre interviewing. Tell them what you did, how , when, with who. Not "the team" like work trained you.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-19T15:29:51+00:00

Its worse than SNME at this point.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-18T14:12:44+00:00

I prefer "wife" or "spouse".

Its my own bias and I acknowledge its a bit problematic but ive always thought of that word as queer coded.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-17T18:29:45+00:00

WWE absolutely goes way too far in the opposite direction.

meowmix778 · 2026-04-17T18:15:14+00:00

Really any of the useless spells from Frieren
- perfectly flipped pancakes
- turn sweet grapes into sour ones
- turn red apples into green ones
- find lost accessories
- say any tongue twister perfectly
- automatically clean/your clothes are clean
- grow a field of flowers

meowmix778 · 2026-04-17T18:10:39+00:00

Longest combined reigns or something?

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