Microsoft doesn't seem too keen on VR, but could gamers stand to gain from an Xbox VR? Could it help move the medium forward?
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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Focus on the mains first. . Side dishes after.
It would be bad to do so imo.
Halolens 2 is getting a lot of positive early reactions. It seems that the focus there remains on the enterprise side though. I'd say stick to supporting VR in the Win 10 space, and maybe allow devices to be compatible on the next Xbox, but their focus should be on the core gaming market.
If they had stuck with those early VR plans for the X, I can't imagine they would have sold very many units to Xbox gamers. Maybe a few hundred thousand? Hardly seemed worth it to MS or their partners.
The company to watch in the VR/AR space is Apple. And if they do manage to hit with an untethered all-in-one device aimed at consumers, I'd expect them to be the leader very quickly.
Instead of developing a Vita 2, I wouldn't be shocked to see Sony put out a stand alone unit either.
Microsoft isn't even focusing on hardware in general. After next gen they''ll be a third party.
Sure why not.
They wanna go their own way, let them.