At Samsung Unpacked, Microsoft took to the stage to talk about xCloud features exclusive to the Samsung Galaxy app store on mobile. Is this all just marketing, or is there something more to it?
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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Literally no one is going to buy a Samsung phone to use xCloud. It’s just PR. I don’t know a single person that wants to play a console games being streamed on a cell phone or tablet. It’s an unpleasant experience with the addition of lag and video compression.
So three months Game pass for those who preorder Note 20 and access to the entire Xbox store on Galaxy phones so someone can buy an game or app (that they can't actually play on their phone). Did I miss anything?
I expect Game Pass to grow rapidly, because of its integration with social media platforms and partnerships with device makers.
To compete in the Cloud Gaming market and be a dominate player, you need both of these things.
This is a great move. Looking forward to XCloud as I currently stream my Xbox One games to my work tablet and play my Xbox games now using the Xbox Game streaming service at work and it currently works well, with a good internet connection, can't wait to try my games using the Cloud service. The Switch get praised for being portable and being able to play my Xbox One games on the go has been great for me. Hopefully XCloud can improve on that.
Xcloud really is a great service. I see a lot of people hating on it, but having both i can honestly say Xcloud blows PS Now away! And I'll be getting it with Gamepass Ultimate anyways, since I prepaid thru 2022 with 3 x $35 a year CDKeys Xbox gold then upgraded them all to Ultimate for $1. I get Gamepass on PC, console, Tablet, and Cell for years. Not bad for just over $100