We think streaming is dog sh**; apparently some major publishers are starting to agree. Here's why.
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
Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.
I agree game streaming will affect the way games are made for the worst
And ownership is the best for the game industry
It's just a crappier way to play games with even more aspects of ownership stripped from you. I don't even like digital but at least if a game gets taken down you're usually still allowed to download it as long as it's part of your purchased history, or if thats gone you can still play it as long as you still have it downloaded.
Streaming strips even that away from you, if a game gets taken off the store, well thats it, you cant play it, and thats not even taking into account the inherent DRM of streaming.
It's a neat tech and it has its place, but the push/mindset to make it the mainstream way to play honestly scares the crap outta me as that would be something that absolutely kills this hobby for me no question.
The corporations are pushing streaming for one reason. Money. Streaming will require a subscription, and they know that subscriptions are a gold mine.
This should be the shortest article ever written.
The case against streaming:
You don't own your games and without the internet you're screwed, the end. Thanks for reading my article.
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