Here’s a quick peek at Microsoft’s upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service.
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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Exciting for those that want it as an added service, streaming does have its benefits, especially if you have an unlimited data plan and travel a lot, input lag will always be an issue though, then theres the cost, how many people have an unlimited cap? It could well end up costing more than people realise. Personally dont think it's the way forward for games, as an option, yeah, maybe, but not a main way to game.
"But so far, Project xCloud feels like an impressive first step towards a “portable” rendition of Xbox One that allows you to bring console gaming anywhere."
And that's all I want it to do! I'm just looking for MY games to travel with me while away from my console and PC...if xCloud can give me that, I'm all good.
This will be perfect for long car trips.
I want this to work so badly. I have all consoles but have mostly been an XBOX supporter since the beginning. So far it works okay but there is definitely a delay. I’ve been testing it periodically with mixed results but feel pretty optimistic given the early stages it’s in.