ITWorld: I loved my Dreamcast. I don't know that I loved it more than you did--passions run high when it comes to this odd little avant garde powerhouse--but I was 27 and still capable of being enthralled by streamlined gadgetry. I bought my first 32" TV for Sega's curvy white box, setting it wobbling on a tall, flimsy stand so I could show off Sonic Adventure to company. Like churches to cities in Europe, it occupied the highest position in my abode.
It was blazing fast, small and quiet. It had a 56K modem when the competition had nada. It output clean, crisp graphics when the Nintendo 64 was hamstrung by blurry, blotchy ones. I loved the breathy synth sound it made when you turned it on, and the swirl of red that manifested like an invisible finger dipped in scarlet. Even the portable game card with built-in LCD--I'm sorry, the Visual Memory Unit or VMU--was ahead of its time. Nintendo's GameCube and Sony's PS3 with their supplemental GameBoy Advance and PSP support owe a debt to the Dreamcast. Sega was doing mainstream "micro-compatibility" before anyone else.
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."
People think that the Dreamcast started online gaming? What?!