Middle-class parents should not be afraid of letting their children play computer games because the experience is more creative than reading, one of the country's leading playwrights claimed yesterday.
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."
Their just afraid there kids will be dumb, they're's nothing to fear... I played video games instead of reading and I turned out just fine.
Your not gonna end up illiterate because of you're love of gamings.
Derp.
I don't read (books, even though I always try) and I turned out quite good. I'm an avid writer and I have an extensive vocabulary thanks to all my time with RPGs and the Metal Gear franchise. And hey, you learn without even realizing it half of the time while playing a game.
Not to mention the eye-hand coordination.
sorry, but the writer is out of touch with the current gaming industry. this isn't Zork--most of the reading today in video games is either subtitles or menu text. there's no real imagination involved, just "LOOK AT THIS EXPLOSION AND ALL THIS BLOOD."
even the more artistic games like Shadow of the Colossus and Flower can't compete with sitting down and engrossing yourself in a book as far as stimulating your mind.
video games can be amazing, but they're not really a substitute for reading. two different things.
There is nothing creative about passively reading or playing most video games. Unless you're playing a game like Minecraft or Gary's mod.
Video games steer the mind from reading with fear of boredom. In reality, if these kids do become that way... (Which many do and end up still living with their moms and working at a grocery store.) they wont find the skill of studying to achieve higher knowledge profession jobs.