After writing "hell is other people", it's said that the philosopher Jean-Paul Satre sat back in his chair, smiled to himself, and enjoyed a moment's transcendent joy that the other people he had to deal with had never come armed with a plasma rifle or - worse - a headset. Nothing destroys a great game like letting other people into it.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Don't like the one someone sounds? Mute 'em. Don't playing online with others? then don't. Obviously, single player games allow breathing room and give the player an experience that (they think) is unique and not shared by other (offline) players trekking through the same worlds.
For me, when I played Halo 2 for example, I never played to win, oftentimes people on my team gave me the impression that they began walking days before and picked up a controller for the first time, but their lack of skill or ability never deterred my ability to have fun in the game, and strike up a conversation if they have a mic.
I am so damned sick of people saying that mics are things of Satan. Seriously, mute them or block them, do something, because you often have the ability to -not- hear them, but most would rather bicker about the voices of a 8 year olds online then not do something about it.
For ever homophobic 8 year old shouting bouts of profanity into my eardrums there are (at least) 2 awesome people (who happen to have mics) that are really cool to talk to.
If youre competitive at all and half decent at a game, you are more likely to enjoy a game of halo, bf, or cod than if you arent. My opinion anyway
While I am not a huge online gamer & I agree somewhat with your idea, I believe that u r missing the point. Yes, I feel more powerful in an epic sp RPG, & yes, many games have successfully added multi without destroying this feeling (dragons dogma comes to mind by sharing pawns and not main characters), but I believe that many multi fans experience exactly that which I experience in sp, but to much greater satisfaction. Yeah, it's satisfying saving he world as the greatest hero ever (though I would argue that many games today are not as satisfying due to their easy rewarding nature), but Imagine doing it against other human beings. Imagine being a phenomena Cod player or a top tier wow player. That is the ultimate satisfaction...owning a world populated by other real people. And, even for myself, that is the allure of online play. If I go 25-8 in a match, it feels wonderful to know that u outwitted or outplayed other real people. And even those that cheat, do it so that others think they are that good. The RPG elements and unlocks help dangle the carrot, but how fun would the same concept be, continuously playing against AI. It wouldn't and no one would play.
Online multiplayer is a poor place to put any significant development in. Just focus on making a solid single player with great characters, and story. I dread the day when platformers get a significant focus on online, or any other thing of the sort. Frankly, online is the biggest gimmick in the gaming industry(for all you people who religiously hate "gimmicks")
Being a philosopher must have been awesome.You could write one line,sit back and smile.Weird thing is,these days that would make you a troll.Or someone with a twitter account.