Nintendo has earned itself a reputation for being both wondrously creative, and woefully misguided, in equal measure. For every lightbulb moment reveal like glasses free 3D or mass market motion control, there’s Friend Codes and the Wii U gamepad to balance the scales. The same company that brought Shigeru Miyamoto out on stage at E3 with a Master Sword and Shield to announce Twilight Princess, also spent significant amounts of Yen on development of the Vitality Sensor. Now, plenty of businesses, both in and outside of gaming, have suffered from very public lapses in judgement. In Nintendo’s case, one could argue it also seems to be a part of their appeal.
Which brings us neatly to the Switch; Nintendo’s brand new hybrid console that is just under a month away from launch. For all the new IP and sequels being revealed, and the promise of home console gaming on the go, there is a widening gap in their PR messaging that is both frustrating and worrisome: Virtual Console. Specifically, the lack of any confirmation regarding its support at launch, how the account system will work, and what games will be available. Added salt in the wound comes by way of consistent rumours circling around GameCube titles making an appearance on Switch, something which we believe could be a genuine system seller for their new machine.
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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For a moment there I thought this had been announced! hee hee
Nintendo do need to hurry up and announce it though! Waheey!
Yes it is! Nintendo is so stupid for not releasing Gamecube games. The switch would sell out instantly if we could play gamecube games in 1080p 60fps.
add online for smash meelee and double dash and id get
Now all of the sudden people want act like the GameCube was the greatest thing ever when it was ignored back then.