Eric at The POW Block says: "Have you ever missed a headshot because the controller wasn't precise enough for you? Have you ever had your thumb slip off the thumb stick when it mattered most? Ever feel like the buttons are positioned in the wrong places when you need to do a complicated move? Have you ever run out of batteries when playing?"
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 think there is no 'ideal' controller. Controllers have their limitations. What should be done is have games designed that take into account those limitations.
Look at Earth Defense Force. All the buttons it used were the trigger and bumper buttons and the sticks. You didn't have to ever move a digit away from something to do something else, which could cause failure.
We have had 20 years of innovation on controllers. I think we are getting to as close to perfect as we are going to get.
If they changed the design of the controller now, gamers would flip. This is the same controller design that has been around for years, except improved. You know how long it would take to get used to another design? Even though the wiimote looks strange, IT even has the same scheme.
Though, I do have problems with the xbox360 controller. That one seems to not register my button pushing sometimes (noticed during Darksiders and Enslaved,) and it's highly annoying. This was using two different 360 controllers.
I agree that the buttons on controllers need to be moved where you can still use the analog sticks. An example is the nintendo nunchuck, the analog stick can still be use while the buttons are pressed. That needs to become the new standard.
You mean paddles. LOL