lower-cost solid-state drives, emblematic of the next generation of flash storage that will make a quick descent from current pricing.
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."
...those ports in my PS3 will eventually be usefull? Yay! Too bad the read and write speed is still slow as hell.
"With no moving parts, solid-state drives avoid both the risk of mechanical failure and the mechanical delays of hard drives. Therefore, solid-state drives are generally faster and in some respects more reliable."
This is a matter of opinion. Because they have no moving parts, SSD drives are often flash memory based, which in itself, the technology has a nature of inherent instability. Flash memory is great for temporary storage, but not a good format for long term storage. Sure, they remove the chance of mechanical failure and are faster to read, but with the inherent instability, and the cost of high capacity flash memory, SSDs will not replace standard HDDs anytime soon. Standard HDDs are a proven technology and have a long proven history of over 20 years. SSDs are a relatively new product, and since many are flash based, will not prove themselves soon. For all those people looking for a new HDD, stick to the original design. If you're worried about an HDD failure, simply buy a stack of DVDs and backup your content. Simple and effective.
It is good to see this tech moving forward though. I wonder if future consoles will have this in the form of game cartridges, maybe even movies? I think optical disc drives and hardrives to lesser extent will eventually succumb to this tech sooner than later.