Eric at The POW Block says: " I am a budgeted gamer. This means I don't have the money to play all the fancy new games when they come out. Instead I normally have to dig through the ads and bargain bins to find the game I wanted last year in order to play the few amazing games I have deemed a must play on launch day."
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."
Developers don't immediately switch to a new project when they finish one. They usually take a break, go on vacation and whatnot, before they dive into a new project. Even so, various parts of the team works on new projects at different stages.
Do you not know how the industry works?
Also, some games don't need substancial DLC. Stop whining about being poor and be happy with what you get. If you want to buy DLC, why don't you just save that money and buy a whole game so you can be caught up.
Being a Budgeted Gamer sucks, but at least it's better than not being a gamer at all.
Being a budget gamer is better than being a pirate
If your an Xbox 360 gamer, then budget games are for you. Seriously, with $50-$60 you can easily go into Gamestop and get 10 games or more, most exclusive 360 games too.
Games like Kameo which is like $4, Gears 1 $4.99, Gears 2 $7.99, Mass Effect $12.99 and the list goes on and on like that.
I've found it tougher to get PS3 games on a budget, the cheapest one is MGS4 which is $9.99 used, I never even see 3rd party games that cheap on PS3. Even like Kung Fu Panda is still like $19.99 used on PS3.
I do a solid mix of new and used games, I try to support developers on games like Alan Wake and of course anything like Halo or Gears I buy at midnight launches, this year BulletStorm and Dragon Age 2 got added to my midnight launch list. Cant wait.
Get a second job or a better paying job or budget other areas of your life if you really want to get more games. I know so many people who Smoke cigarettes and literally blow $200 a month on that habit or a Beer habit, personally I'd rather have something like a game then either of those things.
recently I decided to become a budget gamer, funny how I come across this article, it barely talks about it. As Raven_Nomad said you can now get many games cheaply, I recently bought mass effect 1, up next is fallout 3, these were all great games when they came out.