Yet another PC Gaming pillar has pulled out from making high-tech PC Exclusive games. This time it's id Software. The company is best known for its games including, Quake, Wolfenstein 3D and of course, doom. The Co-founder of id John Carmack says he's not sure of what to make of the current PC Gaming scene, which is more than a little worrying.
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."
So what? As long as PC gaming is still supported and modders tools are still provided, everything is peachy. I own a high end PC and next gen consoles so I don't give a sh!t if a game is PC exclusive or not as long as modders still have the resources they need, the PC version of the game is not held back in terms of graphics, and that PC games remain $50 at most. I love playing Oblivion with all those texture packs. Makes the game look completely different.
But it had to happen for devs of PC games to move to more lucrative console markets due to high level of PC piracy.
Here is my suggestion. I suggest keeping teams separately for consoles as well as the PC so each platform gets the best version possible. Case in point COD4. No need to gimp any version for any reason whatsoever. If every platform gets a quality product sales will happen automatically.
And then maybe PS3 support later down the line.
Now more people that can't afford a high end PC and enjoy more games.
No matter how you cut it, 2000 bucks (for those willing to spend it) will always buy superior hardware. I just hope that developers continue to make games that will take advantage of that hardware.
One trend that bothers me is people's resistance to future proofing a game. Crysis for example ran well, and looked good on a mediocre machine with lowest settings. IT LOOKED GOOD! But everyone starts boo-hoo'ing that they can't run it on highest settings.
People hate saying:
"This game looks good, and it will look even better when I upgrade my PC next year."
They would much rather say:
"This game looks good, and next time I upgrade, I know things will still look exactly the same."