Time - Valve Software bigwig Gabe Newell has his long knives out and he’s slashing in Windows 8′s direction, going so far as to call Microsoft’s imminent operating system makeover a “catastrophe.”
It’s not the first time for Newell, who allegedly took umbrage with Windows 8 while visiting with Linux community buff Michael Larabel, who wrote “[Newell's] level of Linux interest and commitment was incredible while his negativity for Windows 8 and the future of Microsoft was stunning.”
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."
Yes, it looks like it belongs on a fucking tablet.
To be fair, Gabe Newell did spend years talking smack about the PS3 before he finally saw how great it is for developers...
Just sayin' let's wait it out.
I really don't get what peoples problem is with windows 8. I have been using it for quite a few months now on my none touch Acer laptop I have for work and I can say once you pickup how to use the OS it works very well and IMO quicker than using any other version of windows to.
The only big difference for X32/X64 users is the start menu which once is setup works better than the Windows 7 start menu because you can pin anything you want to it so you don't have to click start, all programs and then go through to the program you want. (I know you can pin things to the start menu in windows 7 but you can only pin a few)
The rest of the time I spend on the old desktop view as I use Full IE, Office 2013, VNC, Zune, Home server dash ect that all work well with Windows 8.
I the only Metro App I use is the Remote Desktop app as it is really good but apart from that I only use the Social app when someone sends me a message on twitter and facebook but its nice to have it on the start screen so I can see any updates.
The OS works very well with touch and none touch devices but because its different people are slagging it off.
Come on people change is good. Windows has looked the same since 95 and MS having a refresh is good as now we will have a choice of a Full OS on Desktop, Laptop, Ultra Books, Netbooks and Tablets which no one else offers this across all the devices.
For me I will be ditching my Laptop and picking up a Surface.
Come on guys, give it a chance. You can download the preview here and see it for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Gabe Newell doesn't like MS (right now) because they didn't embrace Steam. Has nothing to do with Windows 8, much like his hate toward the PS3 at the beginning had nothing to do with PS3. All that ended when Sony agreed to add Steam to PSN. As long as MS refuses Steam Gabe Newell will continue to whine. Windows 8 will also focus heavily on Live and the next Xbox, again no Steam on Xbox. Newell gets angry when he doesn't get his way.