" It has been a pretty ridiculous twenty years for mainstream gaming. Basically, every character we grew up adventuring with as we controlled them from our TV screens has become a celebrity, a pop culture icon. Like celebrities, we've seen our friends at their best and at their worst. We've watched as Mario as he battled adversity to becoming a multimillion dollar sensation and a household name, reinventing himself at every turn. Meanwhile, we've witnessed our old pal Sonic, slump into the deepest form of depression; every new endeavor he attempts just makes the public hate him more. Now all we can do is shake our heads every time we hear about his next failure and think 'Man, what happened to you?'"
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 still get the stigma as being a nerd for having so many games.
This is a brief but intelligent look at our history as gamers. Nerds have and will always rule the world!
Gaming went mainstream with the PS One.
Sony, love them or hate them, took gaming to a different level, one that was deemed acceptable for older gamers to play with no stigma attached.
Gaming has been mainstream since, at least, the mid-90s.
"Celebrities need to appear cool, they'll jump on anything that's popular"
Some do(Kristin Holt, Olivia Munn) but others like Morgan Webb, Robin Williams, Dane Cook, and Ice T are HUGE gamers at heart.