"Don't use our console – use our system." Although a marketing strategy like this may seem risky, Microsoft puts its trust in it. But is sacrificing tons of exclusives the right way of 'making Xbox great again?' We investigate.
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
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
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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.
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“What makes a console successful – according to Microsoft”
“Don't use our console – use our system.”
Coming from a company with the least successful console this generation.
I think we should take a look at Sony and Nintendo and see ourselves what makes a console successful.
I always laugh when I see responses from armchair business analyst. Most think success is measured by console sales.
Games make the console successful i mean is a fucking Video Game Console not a car. So get your arse in gear Microsoft and put out games for your game's console.
Microsoft is more concerned with creating an ecosystem than working on the individual console
MS is all over the place. They split their money in too many avenues(new tech, cloud, etc) which over exceed beyond their budget for gaming alone. They aren't willing to spend their money beyond their budget limit so somethings end up lacking because of it. They need to be more focused on gaming only if they want to succeed.