Gameplayer examines how the recent move by Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP will affect gamers in the long run, ultimately suggesting that this is the first step to a future of paying to play PC games.
"Last week we wrote an article that argued how Rockstar had Screwed Microsoft by facilitating a bundle deal with Sony for a console and GTA IV. This week it appears that Microsoft may have joined in on the orgy, although it is not a corporate competitor they're bending over the bandwagon, its gamers. As you may have heard, as of June 30, Windows XP will no longer be on sale: it'll be Windows Vista or bust."
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."
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little to do with the story but someone at the site should increase the font size.It's understandable they want to fit the most on the body but looking at the small font looses my interest. Also shorten the articles, I don't read pages after pages of articles unless they are about something i like. There's not much reason to write a book about an article.
They are so haughty.
A company that made softwares is now making a console, MP3 player (zune) and ...
I think they will make cars, airplanes, and ... in the future.
Mostly they get screwd lol comon, I like Microsoft. That's so mean ahahahah
Is it fair that Rockstar milked 50 Mil from Microsoft and still the PS3 version is going to be better ?
Yea, I don't know about you but I won't risk flying in a Microsoft airplane... ; )