Not so long ago, in fact approximately 1 month BC (before cheevo’s) I could regularly be found heading down to my local independant game retailer, 5 or 6 members of my beloved game collection in hand, most of them still half complete on my xbox hard drive, ready to do something I loved to do…..trade.
Getting a good price on my old games & leaving the shop with some shiny new ones, or some dusty pre-owned ones was a regular occurance back then.
But no longer, and it’s all thanks to those sometimes easy, sometimes painfully difficult & sometimes downright ridiculous achievments (or trophies if i’m in the PS3 mood).
I just can’t part with games knowing there’s still points to be earned, points that in most cases I know I will never see, points in games that may never even see the inside of the disc tray again, but you never know so I better keep hold of them.
This has of course led to me having what can only be described as a huge collection of games and an emergency shelving shortage and has led me to be what can only be described as a hoarder, but you know what…..I love it.
Thanks to the almighty achievment i’ve played and more importantly enjoyed games that I wouldn’t otherwise have given a second look, persevered with games that only a few years earlier would’ve been tucked neatly under my arm on a trip to the trade in store & given me that joyous feeling of nailing one of you’re more difficult tests. So thankyou cheevo’s, you’ve made me a more open minded gamer and a more hardcore gamer, oh, and you make a beautiful sound when you unlock.
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
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
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.
I share your pain, I have two sections on my shelves for games. One side is for games that I have completed 100%, the other side is for games that I'm still playing my way through.