Jason says, "I’ve been around the sun enough times and watched the gaming industry change. But perhaps not everyone does so well with change, and maybe, just maybe a part of the problem is nostalgia. Or is it just stubbornness?
I discuss this (along with a few glimpses of the good ol’ days!)."
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.
Yup. Some people also just don’t like change.
Naw, it doesn't exist, things was actually dope. now if they stopped gaming that's on them, but new stuff allows old stuff to be even better sometimes. That's how I see it at least.
It's a hivemind mentality
A whole 5 minutes of annoying and wasted video. Totally missing the point of what classic gamers really have a problem with in some modern games.
Many developers today make just as awesome games as they were made yesterday. Those companies or developers are the ones still holding up traditional great gaming. You BUY a game. It was TESTED before release. It's COMPLETE and not needing anything else. Doesn't matter if it's an online game or offline single player game.
A lot of games today aren't finished. Are broken at launch. Missing features or lacking what was in a previous games. Either filled to the brim with micro transactions that were free unlockables through playing the game. Or the developer is trying to sell consumers the rest of the game in DLC. Asking full price for mediocrity with the promise of the product being fixed. Or tossed into subscriptions as an excuse to cover up failure to finish a product. No one wants to pay monthly for shit unfinished. Make it free then until it's fixed. Single player games not playable unless connected to the Internet. That's ridiculous crap
And lastly, journalists, reviewers, influencers, etc, not telling the whole truth about products because it would affect their standing with a company and the free swag and advertising dollars they get. Instead of doing their jobs reporting the facts about a product, they want to continue to have access and those free gifts.
That's what gamers like myself, who have been playing for decades have a problem with. It's not about today's graphics. It's not just a micro transaction. Nostalgia comes from when we didn't have to deal with complete nonsense from some of today's games that we have to research just to avoid.