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Costco will now only sell Playstation and Switch, Xbox is gone. Bad sign for their popularity.

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[–] RiotDoll@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago (4 children)

is costco in deep with Israel? interesting this comes on the heels if microsoft apparently suspending some services for israel?

i just wonder if it's tit for tat

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago

i think its more likely nobody is buying Xbox. It sells less than Switch 1.

[–] WildWeezing420@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

No I think it's just xbox sales being down

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

microsoft apparently suspending some services for israel?

Microshit being kind of based? is something I never thought I’d say.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's because their employees keep protesting and doing sit-ins in executive offices and accosting executives and there's so many employees that for every one they fire for it there's two more in line.

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

It's definitely a win for those campaigners/unions/worker groups, and a blow to Israel, but it's also worth mentioning that it's a bit of a fudge from Microsoft so let's not give them too much credit.

They're pulling data hosting from Unit8200, which is the secretive military data unit that was storing and surveilling every phone call in Gaza. But it's also a massive tech incubator so a lot of Israeli spy/digital genocide tech is privatised through Unit8200 linked companies, which Microsoft will undoubtedly still support.

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

critical support for tech employees

[–] buttwater@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Wondered that too