TopherGopher

I think I’m entertaining, so I became a Twitch Affiliate and live stream video games. #GopherNation I stream Apex, COD, iRacing and more!

[TopherGopher @TTVTopherGopher]

@MrBungus1174 @Tsla2k @PSAcard @CardPurchaser The bottom right of the back is absolutely trashed, a perfect 10 with any indent is an immediate 6. But you have a card that is way past LP. And even the back top left has damage

[TopherGopher @TTVTopherGopher]

@ForgeStoreSTL Wave 2 finally?

[Jimmy’s Famous Seafood @JimmysSeafood]

@TrueFactsStated Go fuck yourself 🇺🇸 🦅 ⚽️

[TopherGopher @TTVTopherGopher]

I just wanted to give a shoutout and thanks to @ForgeStoreSTL for going above and beyond for protecting my Booster Boxes. Even PKC just rawdogs it with other items. I got this order with 4 Dragon Shield sleeves and the attention to detail in the packaging is appreciated. TY!

[ASHA @asha_shar]

This is an important email I sent today to all employees at XBOX:

Team,

We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I've made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout FY27. This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today, and in addition, four studios will leave XBOX to new management. I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day, and I wanted to be direct about the scale.

I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building XBOX. Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved XBOX. Today's decisions do not reflect their talent or dedication.

Our business today is not healthy. We are operating at margins that are 3–10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses. We entered Gen 9 with a smaller install base and a higher cost structure. To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected. As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset XBOX.

First, we will reset our content portfolio.

Since 2018, we have aggressively expanded our studio portfolio while the number of games created each month across the industry now outpaces the last ten years combined. We now find ourselves competing not only with the largest publishers, but also with smaller independent studios. It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio. We have also learned that we are not the best home for every type of studio; in a typical year, we lost 64 cents for every dollar we invested. As we reset XBOX, we will help independent creators succeed by providing open development tools and audiences to realize their vision.

Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will return to management and transition to independent studios with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have entered terms to join new ownership with funding to complete and grow Senua and State of Decay 3. In France, Arkane’s management is beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options.

We are also making reductions across other units, and in some cases, shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects. These changes vary in size across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, and XBOX Game Studios. None of our first party publicly announced games or projects are being cancelled as part of these reductions.

In addition, Mojang and King will now report directly to me. These two studios have increasingly become platforms and are our largest by monthly active players. They bring critical geographic, demographic, and differentiation to XBOX.

Second, we will reset our platform.

We know that great technology gets better when it gets simpler, not bigger. Today, in some parts of the company, work passes through as many as 14 layers of management. Our platform teams are 40% larger than they were at the start of this generation, even as our player base and playtime have declined. That complexity has slowed decisions, blurred accountability, and made it harder to deliver for players. As we reset XBOX, we will simplify.

We will reduce management layers to no more than 5, and where possible, 3. We will deliver success through a flatter organization that is built around makers (individual contributors focused on building), player-coaches (leaders who remain deeply involved in the work while developing their teams), and directly responsible individuals (DRIs) who own key decisions and outcomes. And we will streamline how we work across our tools, with a cleaner code base, shared services, and 50% reduced vendor spend.

Third, we are resetting how we operate.

As XBOX grew our headcount, we became more fragmented. Teams, studios, and functions often operate independently, and it became harder to work towards a shared goal, make the right tradeoffs, and get things done.

For the first time, we are establishing a Chief Operating Officer with end-to-end P&L responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services. Helen Chiang has been promoted to this role and will report directly to me. Over nearly two decades at XBOX, Helen has helped build some of our most important businesses, from XBOX Live to leading Mojang and the Minecraft franchise. She will bring our businesses together under one operating model, making sure we make clear investment decisions, learn from our successes and failures, and hold ourselves accountable for results.

Thank you, Dave McCarthy, who is retiring after 17 years with XBOX. Dave has played a defining role in building the platform that millions of players rely on every day and has been a trusted partner through many of the biggest moments in XBOX's history. We wish him all the best.

These changes are about a bigger future for XBOX, not a smaller one. The next decade of gaming will be larger, more global, and more creative than anything we've seen before. This year, we'll invest as much in XBOX as we ever have, but we'll invest with greater focus, greater discipline, and greater clarity, all in service of making XBOX where the world plays and creates.

I want XBOX to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day and gives everyone the opportunity to create and connect. I know we can achieve this goal. XBOX has many of the most beloved franchises in entertainment history, talented studios around the world, and we will return to growth in 2027.

History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them.

Asha

[TopherGopher @TTVTopherGopher]

@Motiondyor Wooop

[Motion @Motiondyor]

Day 5 of Daily Giveaways 💯

So today I'm giving away 5 Burning Sparks Pokémon packs!!

Like Comment and RT to enter!!!

[Kura @kura_uu]

半信半疑でこれやったんだけど軽くなったように感じるし何よりFPSが安定して出るようになったからやった方がいい

[TopherGopher @TTVTopherGopher]

@Motiondyor Happy 4th!

[Motion @Motiondyor]

Day 4 Of daily giveaways till 50k Followers!!!

Today I'm giving away 5 Packs to 5 winners !!

Like Comment RT to ENTER!!!

[Coronet Pokestop @coronetpokestop]

MSRP pitch black

Just be following and retweet this post, for a chance to get the opportunity to PURCHASE a pitch black booster box for $150 + shipping!

Will pick a winner on Monday!

[Forge and Fire Gaming @ForgeStoreSTL]

We have a sale coming up shortly, but this and the booster bundles, are live for the weekend.

https://t.co/cEGReaEMuS

[TopherGopher @TTVTopherGopher]

@ForgeStoreSTL I just ordered 2 booster boxes thinking the sale would end for July first and now it’s even cheaper…

[Tulantro @TheTulantro]

If you have Discord and you haven't adjusted these settings, you're missing out on performance. Sometimes, a LOT

[Erling Haaland @ErlingHaaland]

Howdy!🤠

[Joshua Garrison @Bearded_Bigot]

I bring home a trapped coyote and let it loose in the kitchen.

Hackles up. Teeth bared. Pissing on the floor.

My wife says, "Get it out."

I tell her that is a very unwelcoming and unchristian way to speak about a future house pet.

The children back into the hallway.

I tell them it's a rescue.
I tell them fences are fear.
I tell them cages are barbaric.
I tell them the old rules were cruel.
I tell them it will domesticate in time.

Then I grab my lunchbox and leave them to live with my principles.

When I get home, there is blood on the floor, and the experts who sold me on compassion are already explaining why nobody could have seen this coming.

Anyway, that's Western migration policy.

[ItsMeCooper @ItsaMeCooper]

🚨 FAKE ALERT - Pokémon Inferno X booster box

It was previously Mega Dream Ex and now it’s spreading to other sets.

Here’s how to spot them:

• Straight seam on the shrink wrap (real ones are curved/heat-sealed properly)
• Blurry or low-quality printing on labels/packaging

If you’re buying second-hand, check twice before you buy. Protect your collection!

Check before buying and if in doubt, don’t buy at all!

RT and bookmark to save someone’s money 👇🏼

Thanks @zuttopokemon for the overseas heads up

[Gingy @RNGingy]

I think the time has come to sell my pokemon collection to buy a house. I really dont want to because I have cards from when I was a kid but I really wanna buy a house. I also have no idea where I sell such a big collection.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

They have imported voters to win

[Pokemon Giveaways @PokeTCGiveaways]

His son was in the middle of master setting Ascended Heroes before he passed away, so he decided to continue doing it for him! 😢