BG - "As someone who has been gaming now for the past 20+ years, I have a chip on my shoulder regarding a lot of things with today’s gaming industry."
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."
...also
Day-1 DLC.
Disc-locked content.
Annual sequels that don't offer much of anything new (just there to cash in)
Remakes designed to be like other games that are popular (old-school brands rebranded as FPS or MOBA games just to make money)
And video game journalists who only cover "important" games to keep up with the status quo.
I fully agree with your first point, monster hunter is one of my favourite games and not because of graphics. I'd hardly call Mario a dead horse though... Fanboys on the other hand should accept not always being right.
Was a pretty good little article but I wouldn't agree that those are the things that are the biggest problems with gaming today. I'm 40 and have been gaming since I was about 5. so I also have a chip on my shoulder as to what is wrong with gaming today so here is my list.
1.) The INTERNET. This (youtube) is the biggest thing wrong with gaming today. There is NO more trying, NO more Wonder or excitement, No more Being amazed as of what is to come in a game. Are you stuck, Well go to youtube and look how to beat it. Wanna know where all 100 flags are? Well just look it up. GARBAGE!!!!
2.)Gaming Journalism. Boy has this changed and not for the better. Most of this stems from reason #1. THE INTERNET. Any Tom, Dick and Sally can be a gaming Journalist and 98% of them are not qualified and couldn't find there way out of a paper bag. Not to mention that most of them are about as immature as my 8 year old!!
3.)DLC. Just a way to milk every penny out of the consumer. How do they do it, Easy, just hold things off of the disc (or put it on there but don't make is available) and make people pay to get it. Every game now is incomplete and this seems to be OK. ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS!!!
4.)FANBOYS. Just a bunch of IDIOTS who think that a company loves them. GREATNESS AWAITS or JUMP IN!!!! Give me a damn break. Your an IDIOT, GO GET A LIFE and CARE ABOUT A REAL LIFE PROBLEM. How about SYRIA for and example...
5.) Call of Duty!!! Yes, I have played and enjoy call of duty but I also play and own hundreds of other games and in every genre too. I'm a high school teacher and know many, many kids who only play COD. This game franchise has single handedly ruined countless gaming studios who have gone under because so called "gamers" are no longer buying there games because it isn't a FPS or contain the words "CALL" or "DUTY" in the title.
Ok, I could go on but there is my TOP 5. My rant is done.
Good to know that there's some ppl who have sense around here, gaming is dead much like movies & music
LoL being more popular than SC2 is the biggest thing wrong with the videogame industry.