Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The times, they are-a changing. It’s a saying almost as old as time itself but it’s relevance never seems to wane. Just as soon as something becomes established and routine it’s changed and what was commonplace becomes a thing of the past. And so it seems that one of gaming’s most consistent elements is going the way of the dodo bird or New Coke and becoming a relic of the past. I am of course referring to the console generation, that 5-6 year cycle where at each interval we are greeted to new hardware and new experiences is soon to be no more and each of the major hardware players in the industry seem to be handling this shift differently. This editorial will look at how Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, PC games and even Mobile games have all seemingly banded together to erase the ‘console generation’ from our vocabulary."
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.
All available May 5.
Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
Isn't the release of Switch the beginning of the 9th gen
I've said it before and I will say it again. Pro and Scorpio will probably turn into the lower end models of whatever comes next. Microsoft and Sony will release new flagship models and new games will probably work on Pro and Scorpio, a few years later they'll release more powerful versions and drop compatibility on Pro and Scorpio.
Nope. Unless the big 3 truly adopt the smart phone way of things and turn out a super console every 2 years, which would suck, in my opinion.
I just see exclusives coming with each new iteration just to have us buy it. The point of the console was to buy one and you're set for 4-6 years, not buy two or three $400 consoles to be able to play what you want. It's a game console, not a cell phone.
Nope....
Does the writer of this article look slightly odd or even weird.