Rhyze of Xboxusersgroup writes:
"Microsoft Corp. shares fell slightly early Friday even as Wall Street analysts hailed the software giant's robust quarterly earnings and raised forecast. Microsoft shares dipped 6 cents to $33.23 after the company said late Thursday that strong sales of its Windows software were behind its second-quarter earnings of $4.7 billion -- an 81% increase from a year ago. On a per-share basis, Microsoft earned 50 cents, up from 26 cents a share in last year's second quarter. Revenue rose 31% to $16.37 billion. Analysts on average had been estimating Microsoft would post earnings of 46 cents a share on $15.95 billion in revenue for the quarter, according to Thomson Financial. In a conference call with analysts, Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said that the earnings were the result of demand from enterprise customers, combined with healthy holiday consumer spending."
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
07 the year of Microsoft.........08' will be the Year of SONY.........Microsoft I hate your face and everything you stand for that is wrong with businesses today , your lack of respect for your customers sickens me, and if you were an actual person I would challenge you to a DUEL at high NOON
the sooner M$ gets wiped from this world- the better
long live apple
long live sony
@below
show respect to M$???? i dont think so mate
they are dirty, corrupt b!tches to whom i will never show respect
i didn't say they were going to die you moron- i just said that i wish they would
read what people say before you reply or don't reply at all- its simple
but there BIG problem is Vista, They need to fix it in 08
windows is microsofts BIG thing and with broken version out and no fix coming Id say 08 wont be a big year for MS as a company.
but Im sure the 360 will do fine once NG2 and gears are out
well Im suren the 360 will do Great.... in america
no one company has created more wealth for individuals then microsoft. no one man has been more charitable with his money then bill gates.. Think before you speak
Wipe your lips off, sony left a mess.