Josh Holat writes:
''You all remember the Apple Pippin, the greatest biggest flop of a game system ever, don't you? Since then Apple has stayed relatively far away from the gaming market all together. However, I believe some of there products have, coincidentally, brought them somewhat back into it. Look at the iPhone and its accelerometer. Those two devices together make a great pair for a handheld gaming system and developers have already begun to take advantage of that with games like Spore (in the keynote). Still, I think there is yet one more product that could soon be a nice little gaming device, and that's the Apple TV.''
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."
They fail at a 2nd attempt.
They'll update that console's hardware as often as their iPods!
Without a doubt in my mind, I think an Apple console would fail for a lot of reasons. One, it's Apple. Steve and Apple are known notoriously for wanting to be in control of their systems for 100% and this will not fair well with developers that would want root control of the system to develop for that Apple probably will not allow. Second, also tied to Apple's nature for wanting absolute control, I'd imagine that peripherals would ONLY come from Apple. No logitech equipment or any of our favorite third party accessories. With that, means very few accessories would be built and anything Apple builds will be overpriced. After that, I just think it just comes down to whether or not people really want another console in the market. 3 consoles to own right now and it costs a small fortune to keep up with all of them. So, I think an Apple console would fail.
However, an Apple handheld on the other hand I can see doing very well. Apple dominates the portable music player market and has a great OS to boot with excellent mobility. The iPhone is a fun device and in terms of sales, is second only to BlackBerry. The accelerometer would work great for a motion controlled handheld and I think they'd pose a big enough threat to force both Sony and Nintendo to rethink how they do handhelds.
really tough competition out there.
no, but if it does the lifespan of their console will be as long or shorter than the Dreamcast