Normally when a hardware manufacturer gives a game developer a wad of cash it's to stop them from releasing its game anywhere else. Microsoft paid Crystal Dynamics a chunk of change to release Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One first. Sony paid Konami lots and lots of money to keep most the Metal Gear games exclusive to PlayStation. It's been that way for years.
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
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."
Amazing! They are doing it to protect their market.
Exclusives sale products whether people believe it or not. It's the thing that sets these platforms apart.
Glad to see they are trying to stop exclusive contracts , and allow anyone to play a game. I like all kinds of games , but I am not paying 300 quid for console or machine to play one game I like.
It's also so that VR takes of proper and becomes successful , if it's not it could up the biggest flop in the market
A simpler world which will never happen is one machine every game on it ... One can only dream lol
Even though I like what Valve are doing here. It really shouldn't have to come to this. I hate exclusive content and timed exclusive crap. Even though am getting PS VR I hate that fact Sony paid for some exclusive VR titles such as Batman VR and Battlefront VR. These should be experienced on PC as well with people who bought a Vive or a Rift.
Same goes to Facebook and the Rift. Why deny people who own a rift from playing some VR games like The Climb?
Did Sony even have exclusive rights to Metal Gear?
Or is that made up to try say Sony paid for something?