You all know the story: Microsoft’s Xbox One console is selling better than its predecessor, but it’s still getting outsold by the PlayStation 4 by a 2-to-1 margin. So what can the software giant do to turn things around? Simple: Just change the rules of the game.
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.
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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.
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Good article. All this stuff sure has ruffled the feathers of many of my fellow xbox gamers, but in truth...we win. There was a comment in the section of the OP that highlights where my head is at with this whole XB-windows stuff
"You know what gets me. Is that everyone talks about the door swinging one way; ie games going from Xbox One to Windows 10. But people fail to realize that in the background, Microsoft has created the tools for the door to swing the OTHER way as well; ie. games starting out on Windows 10, and going to Xbox One."
Why else do ya'll think DX12 runs on both PC AND XBOX? A PC to XB1 port of any DX12 based game can be done in hours to days, which means a hell of a lot more time freed up for optimizations.
but then mr tachyon cargo follows up with :
"I know there are a lot of people who complain about the Xbox One "losing" all its exclusive games to the PC. But what those people do not realize, is that in two or three year's time, far more PC exclusives will be coming to Xbox One, than Xbox One exclusives going to PC"
Now...for a small dev...who starts their game on PC....the legwork is already done for an XB1 version before they even touch the dev kit. And its going to be hard to say no to a combined XB-PC audience. PC has more exclusives than consoles . period. What happens if you open all of that up to an xbox gamer?
MS are changing the rules here. If the steampowered thing is what its supposed and if there if that AMD purchase ever happens( If Ms dont buy them soon, they are gonna sink anyway to nvidia..and owning a company like And would be good for their next xbox, surface and phone divisions)...wow...but this is all speculation of course.
I guess w10 is a "two way street/door" for both xbox and PC gamers alike. PC only gemers...we will be allies in the future it seems. Who knows..maybe one day we will be playing a future forza horizon together...you guys making kick ass liveries with your mouses..though I suppose KB/M support is not far off for XB1 either.Or kicking ass in some crazy MMO with cloud powered destruction for XB-PC gamers alike ;)...again..Im just letting my imagination run with the possibilities here. I think MS are on to something.
Well if they just brand their PC service Xbox, its no longer the Xbox we know and love, its just a Service.
at the end of it all it make it all seem cool and worth looking into.