The Grouse writes:
If you subject yourself to as many RSS feeds as I do every morning, then you might be wise to the fact that there's a bit of mutiny percolating in parts of the blogosphere-a mutiny against tech darlings Apple and Google. Yes, Microsoft is, has always been and will for the foreseeable future continue to be the big bad wolf of the tech world. But as each new version of Windows comes out antiquated or broken before it ever goes on sale, and the company comes up short in the search, advertising and online services sectors, it seems as though the wolf may be losing its bite. Of course, Microsoft isn't going away anytime soon, but its days as the most hated evil techdom may be numbered.
When Microsoft trips up we snicker. When it does something wrong we're insulted. When it finds success we get angry. Such is the cost of power. I'm not suggesting Microsoft hasn't earned the public's scorn, but as Redmond loses ground in various areas to different competitors, we need to keep our eyes open and prepare for life under the iron fist of tech's next evil empire. Fortunately, Apple and Google are already giving us a glimpse of what that life might be like.
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."
"each new version of Windows comes out antiquated or broken before it ever goes on sale"
What total horse-shiat. This guy has bought the Apple (and linux) fanboy anti-Vista fiction.
While i agree with some material in this article, his understanding of Vista is clearly fiction.