Push Square: "As we predicted a few months back, Sony's had a right job on its hands this holiday. Its two latest products – PlayStation VR and the PlayStation 4 Pro – are difficult to sell, because they need to be seen first-hand in order to be truly appreciated. We spent the best part of a year waxing lyrical about the power of virtual reality, and it's only in the past few weeks that people have started to realise that we were right. Sony's supercharged console doesn't innovate in quite the same way, but it still delivers a big and beautiful step forward that needs to be seen to be believed."
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
TG writes: If you’ve ever wanted that chaotic, large-scale modern warfare feeling from Battlefield but in full VR immersion, Forefront delivers it better than anything else currently available on Quest.
Some really good things to be said in this hands on. I agree I'm bored of the 4K/checkerboard arguments as well. The games will still be 4K albeit not natively but will still look bloody amazing. It's such a shame that its true potential can't be shown to us over the internet. I can't wait for mine to arrive on Thursday :D
This is why Sony PlayStation is the undisputed leader and visionary of the video games industry.
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Sony PlayStation pushes both video game hardware and software content to progress together in harmony.
A big step forward? Not according to the specs..sorry
The biggest problem with the Pro isn't the specs. It's how it's being held back by the PS4 peasants. We will never know it's true potential as it's being relegated to being nothing more than an upscaling and better textures machine.
Lets see what I have on hand....4k 65 inch HDR tv check, games that have been patched to take advantage of the Pro's abilities check, eagerness to play said games check, now all I need is the Pro. Thursday can't get here fast enough. I just wished folks could see how good 4K and HDR look in motion. You just can't appreciate it until you see it in person.