Who are the people buying this first batch of hardware?
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.
It's not a console. You don't physically own it. Or the games.
Wait, I thought many consoles over the years have staggered their new system release around the world? Wouldn't those first regions be considered early access players compared to other regions that get the console in a month or two?
Has any console every had a worldwide same day release?
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"Who are the people buying this first batch of hardware?"
From the article
"I don’t know who the people are who are pre-ordering a system that will launch without being able to do nearly anything it’s been designed to do"
Yet another fine piece of editorial from our friends over at Polygon. Seriously, this article reads like a rambling forum post, chock full of conjecture, assumption, and hyperbole, and offers really nothing of worth to the discussion. Not that I disagree with some of the things they bring up, just that the article is pointless and ends with the author seeming more confused than those he's apparently trying to inform. Reading the description, I thought maybe they had some data on who was actually buying the system, or at least had some nice anecdotal research to offer up.
Last I checked, editorial and news was supposed to inform, not ask the readers to inform the author.
I mean I’m interested to see how it works so I pre-ordered it... though judging by every article and comment post I’m pretty sure I’m the only one.