The Nintendo Switch seems to have a truly impressive lineup of third party developers and publishers, all of whom appear to be legitimately excited to support the system. However, the one fear that a lot of Nintendo fans may have is that the system does get a lot of support upfront, but that that support then dies later on, because supporting the Switch requires too much extra resources and development time, without necessarily getting the returns on that investment.
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
Strauss Zelnick says price of GTA 6 is being carefully considered and that Rockstar is focused on "making the most spectacular piece of entertainment on Earth."
If GTA 6 abandons everything that made GTA 5 great, it will crash and burn right out of the gate. GTA 5 was funny and not at all PC. My worry is that they will cave to the PC crowd and ruin the vibes.
They got freaking BBLs twerking on the top of trucks for the gram, the freaking Flordia joker, and dude running down the stree in their undies and you are worried about it being 'too PC'? The internet has runied gamers. It doesn't matter how non-PC they make the game, you will all listen to the grifters telling you not to believe your lying eyes lol.
"Rockstar Games’ co-founder and former VP of Development Jamie King said he envisions GTA 6 as a game that’s “maybe not quite as edgy or quite as funny” as its satirical predecessors."
oh yeah, totally internet grifters spreading rumors...
That's part of the plan, they destroyed you but they need to destroy the shareholders? Only 1 shre holder is the true elite that don't care
Meh.., if it’s above £55 I ain’t buying it.
Rockstar are genuinely not half the company they used to be. I was a die hard GTA fan I’ve purchased every game and expansion and spin off day 1.
My opinion of GTA6 is that I can take it or leave it. Not bothered. They burnt too many bridges.
So they're actually leaving the door open for an L.A. Noire sequel? Nice!
He should just come out and say it already it's getting stupid it's going to be a 100 bucks $200 for the special edition🤡🤡; 29315;🤣♿
I won't be getting this game until I can get it for $70. SHoot, I could wait for it to be even lower. I don't need the game that badly as my backlog is still huge and I am enjoying playing other things.
Hey Michael. Its been a while since you last set he internet ablaze. Welcome back. The Switch is more powerful than the Wii U. Thats for sure. And another thing: Being less powerful than the PS4 never stopped 3rd parties from making games on the Xbox One S. Didn't stop the PS2 when the GameCube and Xbox One were more powerful. Hell it didn't stop the Wii.
Microsoft's inferiority complex has rubbed off on everyone and now everyone is obsessed with power. I have seen more Switch/Scorpio articles focused on power than actual games.
You don't have to worry about 3rd party support for Switch. it will be there because Nintendo will engage developers.
I think Sales is the number one factor for third party developers.
just like i was saying....
Gee, thanks Captain Obvious.
Well, it's really up to the customers. If they don't buy 3rd party games then there will be a problem. These companies won't waste their time and money if no one buys their games. Hopefully the power difference isn't too big and the Switch can get some quality ports. Otherwise, history is just going to repeat itself. I'm in no way bashing the system and I hope it turns out great as Nintendo likes to do things differently (and that's fine) but it usually comes at the price of power. Power is not everything but when your not even close to the competition then it becomes one. 3rd parties then have to make huge sacrifices just to get the game to run on the system if even at all. Hopefully, things will be a little different this time but I still have that uneasy feeling. Hopefully when they fully reveal this thing, they can change my mind. Come on Nintendo, please surprise us!!! You've had this same 3rd party issue since the N64. Time to wake up!!!
Btw, I know this is N4g and I'm not saying Nintendo has/had no 3rd party support but it's nowhere close to Sony or MS. That's what I'm trying to say. We've heard this song and dance before. 3rd parties praise the system at first and then after awhile the 3rd party support dries up. If I'm wrong in this assumption then please respond and maybe I can learn something that I didn't know before. January needs to hurry up because I'm tired of all this secrecy. Happy gaming and holidays people.