Fanboys seem to be multiplying lately, maybe it down to so much riding on this generation for Microsoft and Sony. Every fanboy want their console to win, but if one console wins the war outright it could be very bad for everyone.
The Wii is a runaway success, but it’s a different animal to both Sony and Microsoft’s consoles. It’s like comparing chalk and cheese, maybe this is why it does so well as the competition does not have anything like it, although I am sure both Sony and Microsoft are look at ways to get into this market.
So let’s concentrate on the PS3/Xbox fanboys. Both consoles have plus and minus points which are debated vigorously in forums the world over but if both did not exist then we all would be poorer.
For instance if Xbox live did not exist to you really think Sony would of updated the PS3 firmware to add ingame XMB? If the PSN was not free what would stop Microsoft slowly raising its gold price , would they have dropped the console price either?
Competition is good for the games industry or any industry in fact. Competition keeps people on their toes and forces they in keep pushing forward with development. It means we all win! So stop flaming and enjoy your console for what it is. Neither console is perfect, and they never will be but they both complement each other.
Does anyone really think we would be putting vista on our PC’s if it had any real completion? No Microsoft would have had to make a much better product and probably cheaper. If one console wins outright and the others pull out this is how the console industry could end up.
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.
Well spoken. I have always hated the monopoly that Microsoft has on computers and I would hate for the same thing to happen to video games.
not been around for a while, did not even know this article had been approved!
Nice to seem that some people agree at look at things a little more sensible than most on here !