Bloggingstocks.com writes "When Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) released its Windows Vista operating system product almost two years ago, the market was initially excited. That excitement turned to boring indifference as customers, both business and consumer, realized that this was just another update to Windows. Nothing revolutionary, or even evolutionary (in many minds). The problem was this: Windows Vista was a huge change under the hood, but where its users interact with it, it seems like a boring reinvention of an operating system from half a decade ago."
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."
Of course they need a makeover. Vista is in shambles because the public doesn't trust it nor do they see a reason to upgrade. Their first-party and second-party developers are closing shop, cutting employees, and leaving Microsoft behind. Zune is a cute "me too" product compared to the iPod. The 360 is STILL broken after 3 years and despite all of the PR hoo-hah, it really isn't selling all that much better than the original Xbox.
But as the article pointed out, Microsoft isn't in debt. They have tons of cash to throw around. THAT's why they're still in business. If Vista was an Apple or Linux OS, it would have flopped by now. If a game developer was run like Microsoft's devs, they would have closed their doors long ago. And if Nintendo or Sony (or SEGA...oh...wait...they DID) released such a broken console, they would be in deep financial trouble trouble.
Microsoft cares nothing for the consumer. They care about the bottom line and that's it. Their "devotion" to quality (lack thereof, actually) shows where their priorities lie.
for the more diversity it offers but I admit that there are problems with this OS and it's not pretty! Vista is too resource-hungry and many 3rd party accessories are incompatible with it! plus the file transfer are so damn slow and it crashes a lot! XP SP3 is way better than Vista in terms of performance and this is not looking good for Vista as 7 people has already starting to talk about 7 and this is going to be the biggest slap in the face for the Vista users if 7 comes out before Vista can be able to even match XP SP3!
What they need is a clown mascot that tells people in ads:
Yes, I'm cheap Yes, I'm vile
But if you buy my vista I'll make you smile
LOL (yeah, I know. I'm really kidding on this one )
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