Shaz from GL writes: “Even though the leaked documentation show that a handheld may not be in the cards for Xbox, I think it’d be the perfect match for Game Pass.”
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.
The thing is those already exist. You can buy a Logitech G-Cloud, Abxylute, Razer Edge, Retroid Pocket Flip, and Portal by Pimax (yes, Sony named their "handheld" the same as another handheld that is already on the market). And they will work exactly like we could expect this Microsoft streaming handheld to work. They also come in many different prices and are usable for more than just streaming.
......... Why, when you can just use your smartphone? Cloud=doesn't matter how powerful your device is, their hardware does all the work, you just need good enough internet, which is still the problem Microsoft cant seem to understand. They think they can duplicate Xbox Live all over again getting people to jump from 56k to DSL. But when you live in countries that have crappy Internet and data caps are a thing, you can't win. DSL was more affordable in Xbox Lives day, cloud streaming games in today's world? Nope. Too much going against you, and with streaming services costs constantly rising and piracy come back into the game with a bigger impact, the world's not ready for streaming yet
Keystone was cancelled so what is the point of this? Phil already said they couldn't get the streaming stick under their target price point so they cancelled it.
Xbox are so reactionary, they will even copy bad ideas.