Nintendo has comfortably dominated the handheld market for decades, but it has not done so without a long and rich history spanning from the 1980s.
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
TG writes: If you’ve ever wanted that chaotic, large-scale modern warfare feeling from Battlefield but in full VR immersion, Forefront delivers it better than anything else currently available on Quest.
You mean, the Nintendo Switch is not a home console where it has no competition? You don't say./s
Nintendo does make great portables though.
Gameboy?
I started on Game&Watch
Donkey Kong, Popeye, Oil Panic, Turtle Bridge hold a fond place in my heart.
Something's missing from Nintendo's offerings these days and I can't quite put my finger on it. Back in the day the GB and DS offered a cheaper, portable, less-powerful but more unique and fun experience. Now we have just the switch, which is the worst of both worlds, it's not powerful enough and the library still after these years just doesn't impress me like the DS's did, and costs more to boot.
The switch made the great handheld advancement of making people pay 60$ for handheld games when they used to be 40...and everyone said sure. 😁
Man the GBA is one of my favorite systems period, let alone hand-held