While gaming console cycles have always been defined by hardware bumps and exclusives, this current generation shows us the power of services.
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.
Nah.
Only 1 console is focused on services, the other 2 said nah thats not the best way to do game buisness and focused on the traditional route while putting little into services.
No, it's about games, like every generation
Naw it's definitely about games. Stop trying to shove services down everyone's throat jeez. I say that as someone who has all 3 services, idk what the service on the switch is really for but I pay it for my kid. It's still and will always be about games.
As others have said, it's about the games. You can't even have services without the games. Plus, Nintendo's service and game pass don't work without the games.
Don't continue to try and BS us into thinking services are more important than games. It's about the games. Always has been.