Those of us who have been playing computer games long enough became all too familiar with companies selling us broken games that they fixed later, or in some cases never really fixed at all.
You'd buy a game, get it home, and then find it was such a crash ridden and bug ridden mess that it was nearly unplayable. The company that sold you a broken game knew it was broken, they just didn't care, they had your money and so they take the attitude that they can just "Fix It" later.
And by "Fix It" I mean "Finish".
When consoles began their inevitable march toward online ability we looked forward to playing consoles with an unlimited number of people across the world instead of just playing them with a few local friends but online capability has brought with it the twisted game developer idea that a game can be released then patched later.
Now, this is not to say any game developer who patches a game after it's released is up to no good. Most companies want to release products that are stable and function correctly and sometimes in spite of their best efforts a title can go to market with a serious flaw. Patches that improve a game, fix issues QA missed, or just clean up little annoying issues are always welcome.
On the other hand we've already seen games that came to market obviously broken and in need of months and months of more development/testing... But hey, a patch is released later so it's fine now right?
No it isn't.
Situations will crop up in which a patch will never be released for one reason or another. The most common of these situations is that a game was rushed to market because the company or group that was making it was about to go bust and they hope a quick infusion of cash from sales will keep them going for awhile... Except it doesn't happen and they close up shop, leaving a broken game on the market.
What's sad is that people predicted this. In all of the screaming excitement about consoles going online there were a few quiet voices bemoaning the forthcoming "Release it now and fix it Later" games, and our fears are coming true.
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.
