The fabled Phantom system was first announced way back in 2002 as a home gaming console that was capable of playing all current (at the time) and future PC games. In addition, The Phantom would support a direct download service allowing gamers to download content directly to the system - forgoing the need for discs or cartridges.
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."
This phantom will be failure, but the next might bring the end of all consoles.
Imagine all games are made for the PC and the phantom installs them with a patch that changes the controls and the setting to be console like.
The phantom (PC/Consol) can be made by any company (sony, Microsoft, Sharp, Toshiba etc..) with one rule, the specification can only be changed every 5 years.
For example
Today’s phantom:
Intel 2 core 3.2 Ghz
8800 nvidia
1GB ram
16x dvd
Year 2012
Intel 8 Core
Nvidia 12800
4GB ram
1TB harddrive
Just this will be 10 better than PS3 (PS4) or Xbox360 (NextBox)
as it is invisible in stores, and like a ghost in the night ...fades away into the darkness ...never to be seen again
Yet nobody cares.
and the company stock has gone from shred for hamster bedding to burn for heat.
WOOOOOOOOW... I thought this thing became a museum artifact or something. Phantom is out!????? WOW.