
Matchmaking research conducted by EA has gamers in a tizzy. But is the research actually an issue?

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.

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."

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.
I personally don't like being treated like a lab rat, so yes, the research is an issue. What ever happened to just making games that have a great storyline and that are fun to play? #getbacktobasics
Bring on the next Video Game crash
I think EA & Activision are gonna be surprised when they out find that people would rather not play & not buy games if this is gonna happen
Research is for testers to prove, not use paying customers to guinea pig their monetisation tactics.
Also, hire real gamers as testers and not shareholder appeasing idiots.