Virtual Console on Nintendo Wii was one of the great revelations in video game history, and its absence on Switch isn't just disappointing--it's a disservice to the whole gaming community. Gamers deserve easier access to video game history, in the same way that people already enjoy easy access to old books and old music.
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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Buy a Wii. Plug it in. I don't see why Nintendo is obligated along with Sony to forever allow us to play our titles from previous consoles. It's a HUGE plus that Microsoft has backwards compatibility, but the N64 wasnt backwards compatibility with the SNES. The GameCube wasn't backwards compatible with the N64. Virtual Console was fantastic and I think we'll see some form of it on the Switch, didn't they add 3 new titles this week?
I miss the community on the Wii U, PSHOME, 1st party support on Xbox (JK). I REALLY MISS PLAYSTATION HOME HONESTLY. AND LIFE WITH PLAYSTATION. I felt like I was curing cancer lol
“It was a start that the Wii U and the 3DS mishandled—and eventually killed.”
How was Virtual Console mishandled on those systems? VC had better functionality on them than it did on Wii.
Those two also didn’t kill Virtual Console, Switch clearly did with its poor substitute.
I don't have the ports any longer on my TV for a Wii. This is very much a good thing.