Mick Jansen, Minneapolis Video Game Examiner, writes:
I want to make one thing very clear. By most definitions, I could be described as a Sony Playstation fanboy. Despite all the mistakes Sony has made this generation of gaming, including taking out rumble in earlier controllers, taking out backward compatibility in recent models of Playstation 3, and perhaps most disastrously, the whole Home debacle, I still got a PS3 recently and have consistently preferred it to the Xbox 360. I could list all the reasons why, but that is not the point of this post.
I want to discuss fanboyism more generally because it presents problems for gamers, as well as the whole concept of rationality. By definition, being a videogame fanboy of a given console or company involves irrationally buying, loving, and defending a company or console while unnecessarily savaging the competing products. I believe fanboyism originates from the vain desire to justify one's choice in console, while at the same time promoting the growth of that console to add value to it.
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.
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."
360 breaks
Windows Breaks
Zune = Fail
Office = pain in the butt
All of there products suck.
Oh, shut up already, I'm tired of seeing articles about fanboyism. You're not giving yourself any professional credit by writing this kind of sh*t. No, I'm not a fanboy defending myself, I'm an annoyed gamer trying to sift through the incoming s*it wave for something good to read.