CNN writes: "The holiday season is always a win for video gamers, as software makers jockey to one-up each other with slicker graphics, deeper play and more expansive 3-D worlds.
But the larger and more complex modern-day epics like "Fable III" and "Fallout: New Vegas" become, the more it often pays to keep things simple."
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."
Nice article. I've realised that over the past few years gaming has become a big hobby of mine instead of something to do casually if I have free time. But like the writer of this says, with that I'm expecting a lot more from my games and from game developers because I'm now venturing into different genres that I never would have done so before, such as JRPGs/RPGs, and realising how brilliant some of the more complex and lengthy games can be.
But still, casual games such as FIFA (well, not this year's version because it's barely anything different from the previous game) still get my vote too because they're easy to play and are fun, and if it wasn't for MW2 being so similar to CoD4, and Black Ops not looking like it's incredibly different either I'd still be buying those too.
I feel like simpler games have more potential to offer a higher replay value. Usually, brilliance is found in the form of simplicity, and that's why all the older games like Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Mega Man, etc. are considered classics: they were brilliant, yet simple.
Sure, a complex story is nice, and that's one of the main reasons I play games, but don't think for a SECOND that simpler games aren't just as important, if not more so. We need simpler games on PSN/XBLA. That's the perfect marketplace for them. Cheaper titles ($15 max), but ones that offer a lot more replay value. While I'm not a fan of episodic content, it's a step in the right direction.
The bottom line is, simpler games are just as important as complex games. Not everyone has $60 to shell out for an 8 hour game that has little to no replay value. If it's in the right marketplace, it'll sell just as well as the bigger budget, more complex titles.
I've regressed to my teens, I'm playing little else but platformers these days,I even went and bought the Sega genesis collection for 360.
I'm probably going to pass on New Vegas and Vanquish in favour of Super Meat Boy.
I think It's because I'm fed up with burning through these dumbed down games, shooters and such, a man needs a challenge and old school platformers are hard.