KeenGamer: ''CD Projekt Red has always held a torch for those against microtransaction culture in gaming. Public statements like “we leave the greed to others” stand as one of many examples of how they understand us. More importantly, it is seen in their business model for a game that came out four years ago. The Witcher 3 offered insane value for money and did it twice over after release with very agreeable DLCs. In point of fact, this aversion to microtransactions has made CDPR one of the most beloved studios on the planet in the space of a single console generation.''
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
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.
Well you can't see your custom character, so cosmetics are mute
Article is spot on.
Damn Straight
Okay I get the point, but let's not act like every dev can put out a masterpiece game like this.
Generally MTs are for MP games unless it's to avoid grind like in Mordor. I am against single player MTs but if you want to charge for cosmetics, it's fine as long as you can unlock them by playing also.