PC gaming isn't dead but there is a perception problem with the platform that is being caused by a couple of factors. One factor that figures into this issue are the retailers. Do you really need to buy a new video card to play that new game? No, you don't.
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."
I was with GeForce 6600 GT until last year which I upgraded to GTX 280. Having to upgrade PC every year is a lie. And yes, I should had gotten a cheap 8000 series, except for crysis 8800 can play current games under max.
"the 10-year cycle for consoles hasn't been done yet and I don't think it will either because the pace of technology is so fast that they will be forced to release new consoles before they get close to 10 years."
umm PS2 was released in 2000 and is still selling! that's pretty damn close to a 10 year cycle! why don't writers understand 10-year cycle Sony promises is that the console will be supported for 10 years, doesn't mean sony won't release another console, while continuing support for the older console.
Oh and doesn't the gameboy count as a console? surely it's a handheld console that began selling in 1989, I don't know when they discontinued it, but i'm sure it was longer than 10 years, gameboy colour didn't come out until 1998 and gameboy advance, the proper next console wasn't until 2001, and it wouldn't surprise me if they continued selling gameboys for a little while after that!
see the flaw in this article? He uses the minimum system requirements needed to RUN the game. As we all know being able to run the application versus being able to USE the application is quite a different story. The minimum system requirements for Aion from the article:
"Here's the minimum system requirement for the game:
* CPU : Pentium 4 2.0GHz
* RAM :1GB
* VGA :GeForec FX 5600(128MB), DirectX 9 or higher
* OS :Windows XP
Hmm, seems like any computer made now would meet these requirements. Actually, it seems like any computer made in the past couple of years would meet this. So, do you need all the new PC parts to play Aion? The answer is decidedly no."
Now Windows Vista OR XP barely runs itself well with 1 Gig let alone a game as hungry as this. ANYONE who has ever used a PC let alone game on one knows this but the author tries to use this to his advantage. Before ANYONE argues and says I'm wrong take this into account. The MINIMUM system requirements for Crysis directly from EA are:
OS - Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor - 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory - 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card -256 MB**
Hard Drive - 12GB
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
Myself like many others know that the above mentioned minimum requirements mean the game will start and load. In order to play it and look half decent though the above system will absolutely choke and turn into a slideshow.
this article is hyperbole at it's best, they reference a 5 year old card and talk about it not running next gens games, i will be keeping my gtx280 for a long time, and although i could get a gt300 series card to replace it there won;t be many more graphically intensive games by that time, and i doubt anything more so than crysis,
and with windows 7 and direct x 11, overall game performance will be improved plus dx10 effects will be run more efficiently with dx11
the fact that more significant gains weren't seen with quad core etc also at the beginning of their life was due to poorly optimised software, software is catching up, and programmers are making ai in games that doesn't destroy cpu's as much, so older dual and quad cores will remain extremely beneficial for along time
Major problem is piracy.