HardwarePal : Video games and consoles are evolving, they move with the technology and customer demand, so its no big surprise that as processing equipment gets increasingly more compact and powerful people are expecting the same from their entertainment systems. Though the size difference between the new consoles from Microsoft and Sony is noticeable, both systems are making abundant use of the cloud technology that each company offers, something that we could see getting expanded upon as downloadable content and streaming become the norm.
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.
All available May 5.
Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
so far...sony's cloud is bringing games, as soon as this summer. it was already showcased and announced with hands on time and the like..ms cloud brings AI....umm so yeah. As much as ms has screamed about cloud power it's sony who actually brought cloud power..imo actions speak louder than words.
with x1 costing 25% more than ps4 you would think they'd put something mor impressive the AI when it comes to the cloud. smh i hope ms gets their stuff right soon because so far the bad FAR outweighs the good.
seems sony has out did them on almost every level so far.
cloud-sony
price-sony
power-sony
controller..that a matter of opinion..most opinions say- sony
online services-sony
apps-ms (not gunna lie)
voice commands- none (really both suck)
games in total announced for 2014 and released- sony
sales-sony (pre japan numbers will only widen that gap)
f2p games-sony (ms has no free to play games..they are all behind pay wall)
device connections- sony
"resolution gate"- sony
hype-sony
party chat-sony
messaging- sony
customization- sony (HDD)
microtransactions-ms
camera-ms
game streaming/recording- sony
indie games- sony
ps+ vs xblive -sony
Sony Cloud FTW
as for now all i see are words / theories of how cloud can improve gaming while they all sound good on paper and in closed controlled environments i will wait to make my judgement on this one.
For me MS's cloud offering is more interesting. Simply because it offers new possibilities, and the potential to push new boundaries in games.
Sony's offering is a new way to distribute the content we're already familiar with. I don't mean to downplay PlayStation Now, because I do think game streaming is a big deal for the wider audience (particularly that whole stream to a Bravia TV bit).
I also expect that within 2 or 3 years both companies will offer both streaming and cloud compute. And 3rd parties will set up their own compute services too.
They won't.