Video games cost over $100 with micro transactions, now they want to increase the price even more? What happened to subscriptions?
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
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
All available May 5.
Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
The power of greed and milking the consumer to death, the power of greed and how some people are stupid sheep when it comes to their wallet and buying loot boxes and paying for those microtransactions. Even with the $10 hike up in price the quality control will not improve and that customer will be pissed they wasted that cash on a piece of shit game.
Microtransactions were, supposedly, put in place to stop the price of the base game from rising.
Microtransactions bring in a whole lot of money for many titles, so I can't wait to see the price hike, followed by new and interesting ways to spill out into the now already more expensive games.
More and more broken games. More and more "games as a service", more and more "roadmaps". All asking for retail at launch. You can freaking preorder the season pass of games that haven't even released.
The games industry really has become a greed-fest. I miss being a kid.
agreed
I'd rather spend the 10 bucks on a sub like Gamepass or even PSnow, that gives me access to hundreds of games.
Hell, even EA Access is a better investment to use the 10 extra bucks on than getting the exact same games the devs would have made, but charged you 10 more dollars for.
More and more broken games. More and more "games as a service", more and more "roadmaps". All asking for retail at launch. You can freaking preorder the season pass of games that haven't even released.Microtransactions were, supposedly, put in place to stop the price of the base game from rising.
Microtransactions bring in a whole lot of money for many titles, so I can't wait to see the price hike, followed by new and interesting ways to spill out into the now already more expensive games.
The games industry really has become a greed-fest. I miss being a kid.