In our second edition of Whats Wrong With Gaming, we tear into RPGs and tell you what developers are doing wrong with our fabled classics.
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."
Very true.
Totally agree. The fact is the sales just arent there for the pc. They make tons more money on the consoles. Yes mods are great but they don't make any money off community mods. Its all about the cash and consoles are where its at.
The pc is always going to be second best to consoles now, get over it.
Hey, It's me I created the article. I have read and considered all of your comments so far. I may be harsh in my articles but I am not unreasonable when it comes to your opinions.
The fact of the matter is that yes, games are easy to torrent but I would like to point out something.
Videogame consoles can be modded, and the games for those consoles downloaded just as easily. If you know where to look it's not that difficult to find a modified 360.
The main problem that people see with modifying a 360 is that if you connected to Live then you are boned. But many RPG's don't have a multiplayer component so you really don't need to connect to live anyway unless you want to make your e-penis(points) larger.
The same thing applies to PC games although you really don't need to modify anything more than the protection. Most PC games with multiplayer support these days REQUIRE a unique cdkey so PC users can't access multiplayer stuff either.
The main different between PC users and 360 users when it comes to pirated games? They don't pay for live and they can still get custom content FREE OF CHARGE.
So that makes me wonder...how are the consoles better exactly? The Mass Effect addon that is coming soon will be free for PC users but 360 users will need to pay.
I don't know about you guys, but I think the pirate excuse is getting a little old and one of the only reasons to get a console is because it costs less than a PC. Oh, and the overabundance of games that are released only for them as well.
It needs to have more MMORPG, Also most RPG needs great Quest, & Anticlamatic Story!
PC gaming and Console gaming are like apples and oranges (hooray for cliches...)
But honestly, when I buy a new game for my xbox I'm expecting something completely different from what I was expecting when I bought Bioshock. I personally prefer PC gaming in every way, and I do wish that more titles were coming out for PC, but it shouldn't be just taking the big name console games and making PC versions. Assassin's Creed was made into a PC game with very little success, and I'm pretty sure the big PC games like WoW, or for one thats not an MMO, Starcraft, would flop if someone tried to implement them into console games. The games that work well for both are almost exclusively first person. There is a huge market for RPGs on PC, but I doubt were going to see many non-MMO RPGs coming out in the future. MMOs simply have the added benifit of monthly fees. If you really are skeptical about the future of PC gaming, simply look at some of the great games that have come out this year. Crysis, Bioshock, the new UT, HL the Orange Box, ect. and look at some of the great titles coming out in the near future (Conan and Warhammer, woot).