Video Games at their roots were the masters at gameplay innovation and fresh experiences for audiences. Long gone are the days were Mario, Sonic, and Crash Bandicoot ruled the gaming realm. With modern video game consoles as well as PC’s producing stunningly realistic graphics, the priorities of game developers have changed drastically. Rather than seek to create new experiences, many developers merely create a carbon copy of the most successful titles in the industry, hoping to create some buzz and steal some of their audience. This is a problem that is seen most commonly in the genre of first person shooter games; however it is indeed an industry wide problem. Modern games look amazing in HD on a HDTV, but it makes me wonder sometimes, are we being distracted?
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 now that the graphics in games are uniformly good, the customers can focus MORE on the gameplay they enjoy. I don't buy anything just for eye candy like I did back in the 16bit bad old days, it has to be a genuinely good game, too!
Writing articles that been written a million times before - Innovation or just plain boring?
Graphics are always improving. This debate has been done to death!