2016 was seemingly a bad year for Microsoft’s Kinect device. Sure, there were a few interesting Kinect games, such as Fru, that received a lot of praise from critics and gamers but overall consensus among even the most die-hard Kinect supporters was that Microsoft was planning to phase the device out, eventually discontinuing support for it completely.
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."
i agree, the author makings good points, i for one recommended an xbox 360 even over the xbox one, they were primarily interested in the kinect games and fitness as well. While the xbox one has some games, the xbox 360 has far more, and with the ousting of Xbox Fitness this year, there will be no real solid workout games. There are also very few xbox one games using kinect vs the 360. I really hope they release it again, sure it isn't a replacement for traditional games, but its a nice option for a different kind of fun.
I don't see Kinect coming back anytime soon unless they use it for a VR headset for Xbox/Scorpio
I find it hard to imagine them bringing it back given it's been completely abandoned with Xbox One S marketing and will be even further from view when Scorpio releases as a 4K-centric gaming device.