With the PS5 clearly winning this generation over the Xbox, it means more people are investing in their digital libraries on the PlayStation platform. Unless people are willing to ditch their digital games and start fresh on a new platform, the gap will continue to widen in future generations
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."
75% of Xbox Series owners bought the S.
Modern gamers want what the X, PS5, and PCs can handle.
This isn't rocket science.
The power difference between Series S and X is secondary to Microsoft's terrible communication and inability to have any consistent expectations.
MS said Series S was a 1440p 60fps machine. Wrong.
MS had Halo Infinite running at 120fps in the beta on Series S. That mode was taken out until it returned a year later.
Last gen games couldn't run in their best form on the new gen Series S.
All this RDNA2 talk, but no first-party examples taking advantage of the feature set.
Unoptimized SDKs at launch.
Day One Game Pass launches, but no big first party games for the entirety of 2022 and first half of 2023.
And now, it's impossible to know which games of theirs will end up on what platforms.
They shot themselves in both feet with their absolute lack of confidence in their own platform. Why develop for Xbox when Xbox is developing for PS and Switch, and making Steam the best storefront to buy their games on PC with improved support for mods and such?
1. Lowest market reach
2. Majority of audience is on weakest console hardware
3. Most publishers are not on board with subscription gaming except if they can get more money from MTX/DLC down the road when full sales have declined greatly
As a publisher or a developer you are into it to make money back just like any business. Microsoft after the XB360 has been going down hill. They are dead last in sales, developers have to nerf their game to run on the Series S, Microsoft can't figure out what to do with the Xbox brand. They just finally released an all digital Series X which is really late to the party. I'm sorry but if I were a developer or publisher I would skip the Xbox flood the market on PC, PS5, and the Switch if it can handle the game. I honestly don't regret selling my Series X.
No shit...