EA's obsession with micro-payments will be its undoing. Gameplayer examines how the current EA business strategy is not the way to recover from making a loss in the last financial year.
"This is double dipping. Last time we checked, there was no advisory sticker on the box saying that you have to pay extra to get the full experience. Oh, and let's not forget the ~50% of Australian gamers whose consoles aren't connected to the internet. They don't even get the chance to pay twice. They're stuck with an incomplete game. Forever."
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."
Is pushing into dangerous territory. I really hope their incompetence doesn't spawn a trend among game developers and publishers. It would be a shame to have otherwise fine games ruined by corporate greed, gaming is straying enough away from it's roots as it is.
I really dislike EA.
Have been bad too - their Guitar Hero strategy si stuffed. All songs from GH 1 and GH 2 should be free on GH 3 if you bought the first two games.
Is that a serious question?
LOL...could you imagine having not only upgrading hardware but now software too.
Kid: Hey mom, I need a $100 bucks to buy this new HDD for Madden'15
Mom: Sure honey...keep up the good grades
Kid: Oh, and I almost forgot - I need another $20 bucks too for the game too
Mom: (confused) Didn't we already buy the game for you on your birthday?
Kid: Yeah, but the Cowboys aren't included. They cost $14.99 and the playbook costs an extra $4.99
eaids must be stopped,
our wallets are our best weapons...