What does the fragmentation of the console business mean for developers?
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
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Boom for me! Getting a new 4k TV and gonna experience some awesome games on it with a more powerful console. I'm happy :D
Bust.... for my wallet
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Now my dad and I are pushing for a 4K HDR tv so boom for me.
boom for me as well even though i am not getting it day 1 but i will next year for sure specially if they announce a special god of war edition (i can only dream). Will also be going for a 4K TV next year so will just get both of them at the same time
BUST! I might end up getting one later after people have had a chance to develop for them, but I'll most likely wait for Scorpio. I have both the Xbox One and 2 PS4s, so I am not biased by brand.