There's no denying that the Fromsoftware games are amazing, but when it comes to cooperative gameplay, they leave a lot to be desired.
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
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.
Maybe they could just cut the multi-player aspect theybdonhave and leave it single player. Yay more resources for the actual good part of the game.
isn't there a mod out there that does coop properly?
they're a talented dev. if they put in the effort, they could pull it off and it could be a great experience. no one expected ghost of tsushima to have co-op and it turned out to be a surprise hit. there were some issues, but as something that the game was never really supposed to do, it turned out great. not doubt from software could pull off something similar.
I feel like their MP is deliberately and intentionally designed the way it is. Is it convoluted? Yea. Then again, it feels like such a FromSoft way to be. Honestly, Elden Ring wasn’t difficult to do MP, they made an MP menu and you simply click an item to ask for co-op or invade. Put in a code for a specific friend to join.
They don't have to do shit. They've become one of the hottest dev studios in the last decade despite you not having a fun co-op experience.
"But on the other end of the spectrum, progressing through the games, completing objectives, killing bosses, and things of that nature, I’m not too fond of."
Sounds like you just don't like this genre of game. No shame, but this reeks of "why doesn't DS have an easy mode?!"
You summon ghosts to help you. That's it. Soulsborne games aren't supposed to have lobbies. Low player count won't make a lobby system any more viable.