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Microsoft Windows XP Dies June 30, as Planned

Microsoft will shutter its Windows XP line June 30, as planned, ceasing sales of Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home to retailers and direct OEMs, Microsoft confirmed to eWEEK April 3.

decapitator6654d ago (Edited 6654d ago )

This could only mean bad news for Microsoft..again.

EDIT: Dammit.

me_p6654d ago

A joke indeed..which missed 1st april

decapitator6654d ago

Yeah man I read it. Either way it is a bad move for Microsoft. Absolutely NOTHING has been going their way this year

Sayai jin6654d ago

Thats the way business goes, they have gotten a few black eyes recently. Windows XP did not do very well for MS when it first launched. Companies have their rough patches. The larger the company the longer they can with stand these times. I would not say nothing has went their way. MS has made very lucrative deals ranging from household appliances to devices in cars. Not everything headed by MS has their logo or name on it. I just looked a new cars in Germany and most had MS O/S in the onboard computers and Navigation, and entertainment. I was suprised at how many MS joint ventures were made the last few years. I have a colleague who despises everything MS, but after some research he found out several of his devices were projects or joint venture of MS.

zen_fart6654d ago

I better rush out and get it before they stop selling this.

Amanosenpai6654d ago

Yea or u can wait till that day to get MAC OS or Linux instead of Vista ^_^

kr90916653d ago

Im planning on doing that as well. I figure i can get a few copies of XP pro and 64bit form Newegg before Microsoft stops selling it :] That should tide me over until we get a taste of Windows 7.

gamesR4fun6653d ago

yay what a joke Vista is hope a lot more folks go to linux and macs now.

From an IT standpoint tho this is gonna be hell I mean if their forced to bump up to vista on commercial accounts... Personally I wouldnt be surprised to see our bigger contracts go to another os. I mean we can keep xp running for a while but with no more updates well have to move up and Vista wont cut it.

Gaara_7246653d ago

so there killing xp and rummer that there killing vista is every where then what there gona go back to windows ME (or 2000)?? coz windows 7 ain't even out of alpha yet i think?? dam i just gave away my vista for an xp lol not that theres a problumb with vista i think is better than xp but my laptop broke stupid hardrive error so i swoped my mum it lol so she has to wait 2 weeks to get it bk from acer lol

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai56d ago (Edited 56d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio56d ago

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.

Jingsing56d ago

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.

Tanktopmaster9256d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit56d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing56d ago

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.

Tanktopmaster9256d ago

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

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

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.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

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."