Gears 5 firmly establishes a new face of the franchise but also adds a bad microtransaction model for its multiplayer while struggling with limited content during a rough post-launch period.
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.
Good lord that is an in-depth analysis
I think Gears 5 is a great game with a terrible, unrewarding progression system. Their simply are enough weapon, characters and skins to readily unlock( without excessive grinding). The number rod available characters in MP is far to low, as many classic characters aren’t playable. You can’t really unlock anything meaningful through general play and levelling up.
In an interview, Phil Spencer mentioned the economy of Gears 5 without being directly asked. This proves that the head of Xbox is aware of the concerns relating to Gears 5 progression system and MTs. Thus, I believe changes must be coming to the games store and progression system. If positive changes don’t occur, the store and progression system will cause long-term harm to Gears 5.
I wonder if MS will launch another AAA title on their streaming service because Gears 5's physical sales are in the dumpster.
Nice to see somebody went way over the top to call this blatant elephant in the room with this game. The subreddit is nothing but demands for carmine characters or problems being brought up again and again. I don't blame the community because TC knew what they were doing removing things people liked about the previous games.
It's an excellent read, but all you need to do is go to Page 2 and read the last paragraph.