MSXBox writes: "Remember a few years ago, when all the hype started about the 'next gen' consoles, and the 'next gen' era? There was a lot of talk about bringing you a console that will "deliver" and that was "capable", there was also a lot of talk from spokesman bringing games which are like "nothing you have ever see seen" and they will have "awe inspiring graphics", okay, a little bit over exaggerated and not quoted word from word, but that was the general idea and their definition of 'next generation' gaming. Now we're here, in the seventh generation, that 'next gen'... it's now today's gen and have we been brought everything which was promised? Well, a question like that can't really be answered in a sentence, but as a start I think we can look at 'what' was promised."
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.
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."
Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted, Gears of War Killzone 2, Heavy Rain, Ratchet and Clank, Call of Duty 4, Little Big Planet, Resistance 2
These games(although some are unreleased) in my opinon have expanded on what next gen gaming was supposed to bring. They're actually imrpoving on things instead of just saying "heres what we had last gen, but with pretty graphics". They're bringing something new, whether it's gears of war being the first next gen looking game, or MGS4 being the best game ever(my opinion obviously). This gen has already drawrfed last gen imo.
One game that really should get recognition is ratchet and clank future. During PS2's launch sony said the PS2 would achieve pixar "toy story" graphics for a game, but they finally achieved that with ratchet. There's a lot of overhyped garbage this gen, but there's also plenty of gems. You can't pretend as if every game last gen was pure gold. And besides for us Sony and Nintendo people, this gen just started and a lot of our big guns haven't came out yet. We just have been getting introduced to new guns.
Speaking of new guns, props to the 360 for owning last year with mostly new IP's
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I agree, this gen has become quite a fragfest between next gen games,
I'm quite interested as to what MS will do after this year, Sony have Killzone 2 Lined up and we all know that is going to Have INCREDIBLE marketing, if not, it should. Even a trailer or so on TV at times would be effective.
Nintendo Have the Conduit and MAd world, and plenty of other games including the "new DS"
Im sure however that MS will have something else, this isint the last of them, we thought that last year.
I think this gen has been disappointing compared to previous gens because of the amount of cookie cutter games that came out early on (which I entirely blame Epic and Unreal Engine 3 on), but there's also been a lot of movement towards genres I honestly adore.
Action adventure, third person shooters, platformers.
However, I have found myself having more fun with "lower rated" games. I enjoyed Uncharted more than Gears of War. I enjoyed Mercs 2 more than GTAIV. I thought Mass Effect should have been scored a lot higher. I think people have become too obsessed with "AAA" that they've missed a lot of really awesome games. I think there's some people out there who take too much joy in games "flopping" rather than enjoying games that may have been unfairly reviewed.
The end of this year has a lot of stuff coming, which has made my wallet take a real hit (so much, I had to make a few pre-order cancellations), but that's a good sign of a lot of games that do hold my interest.
will not be defined by the first couple generations of games on each system. Let's wait and see what these consoles can do 4 or 5 years down the road. The PS2 came out with some of it's best looking games after year 5. As developers get more familiar with the hardware expect some amazing things.
the on thing I hate mostly with this gen is the lack of diversity. Too many shooters IMO in quite a short time. I would like to play an adventure game filled with headbanging puzzles and riddles but I don't want to always have to wait for the next zelda. I got through the legacy of kain series, sands of time trilogy. sadly the adventure game genre is becoming rare and I partially blame online gaming for that. what works best online?, shooters. But the real blame is towards developpers who only want market share in an already overfilled gaming genre.