Hello, English isn't my first language, so if I make any mistakes please forgive me.
It may because I am getting older but I hate the fact that we don't have a mature site for gamers where we can discuss what really matters to us. On n4g (a site I visit daily) all I see is this console is better, sale numbers,we have better games. Basically fanboys/trolls
We have people here who actually have more than one account to troll. I just don't get it and I am really to a point, where I don't want to visit any gaming sites. All we have are fanboys arguing over which console is better or why sale numbers matter for their favorite games and nothing else
I wish n4g would bring back the open zone for fanboys and trolls and be really really strict with people who make troll comments. Lifetime bans. (Not in open zone but normal comments be really strict)
There is a article about whether Xbox one can catch or surpass ps4 sales, and you should go check out some of the comments, majority of them are about arguments or straight up blind fanboys trolling.
Do we all get money from Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo for blindly supporting them? If it wasn't for Xbox live, I don't think Sony would have push or even offered psn plus.
If it wasn't for Sony, we would have been stuck with a Xbox one full of drm stuff. Why can't we look at the positives and the competition between Sony and Microsoft. Competition is a very healthy thing and it pushes others to evolve and at the end of the day try to offer better content/deals to us gamers
I would personally love to see a bit more mature gaming community, which in return would mean better communication with publishers/developers. But why should we do that, there is no fun in that. Sadly that's why publishers and developers know how to play with fanboy emotions.
There is strength in numbers, that's especially true because it made Microsoft drop kinect and focus on core gamers. Phil spencer may have never gotten to be the head of Xbox brand, but because Sony was doing so well that Microsoft had to get a gamer in to run Xbox brand. I love Phil spencer and I only game on ps4, but I still love the fact as the head of Xbox he owns a Ps4 and talks about Sony executives in a nice manner full way
We should all take note from Phil spencer, he is a gamer so are we. But the difference is he is mature yet a lot of us on gaming sites need to man up and discuss gaming issues in a mature way.
I really hope one day we have something like that community wise.
Thank you
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.
Unfortunately, most N4G commenters are blindly loyal to either the Xbox One of Playstation 4 (mostly to the PS4). This makes it impossible for them to see their own hypocrisy, let alone have a normal conversation.
For the first six months of this year, Sony loyalists have ragged on Xbox fans for the Xbox One supposedly having "no games for the first six months of the year". "MS has no games, no games, no games" they screamed. "MS only releases games for the holidays" they screamed. Those are complete lies of course, but the delusion spread and spread. Xbox fans made lists to show that there were numerous smaller and indie games released for the Xbox One during the first half of this year, but they were completely ignored by Sony loyalists trying to make a false point.
Then, when Sony's end of year lineup was announced at E3, and it contained no AAA exclusives (unlike MS), the Xbox contingent threw it back at the Sony fans. They screamed "Sony has no games, no games, no games", and completely ignored the numerous smaller titles coming for PS4 later this year. Naturally, PS4 fans showed the lists of upcoming games, but the Xbox loyalists didn't want to hear it. Maybe they figured turnabout was fair play, since it was the Sony fans who started spreading the "no games" lies long before E3.
It's complete nonsense to claim that Xbox One didn't have any games early this year, and it's complete nonsense to claim PS4 has no games upcoming this year. Unfortunately, people WILL continue to argue about it because of their blind loyalties.
It's the Internet. Sadly, that's the best answer I can give you.
The Internet provides anonymity which fuels the need for people to act without a filter or reasoning. You go to a sport site, you see people acting just like people here. You go to a car site, same thing. You got to a news site, same thing.
The only way to ensure sensible debate, IMHO, is to use a social network site to get a group of sensible people together to discuss gaming. And, even then, you're still going to get one or two 'trolls', for lack of a better word. I have a few people on G+ that I share news with and who share news with me and we talk about games. It's the best way I know to discuss games, though it is very limited and isn't the best way to get your news (you gotta go to a site like N4G for that).
Its okay that English isn't your first language. Truth be told the only language people seem to speak online these days is hyperbole.
If someone was to ask where are the level headed people on XYZ forum? Why dont they speak up? Well maybe those level headed people are staying true to their name and not arguing over gibberish? Who knows.
If you are looking for a more relaxed community, cozy up with a retro one. No one is really arguing the nonsense of N64 vs PSX or Sega vs Nintendo. Its just a bunch of people having back in my day conversations and enjoying the games for what they are. Tends to keep the trolls way...
You see people on here all day long trolling, this is their form of entertainment not gaming. Some comment almost every 5 to 10 minutes and as you said create 2 to 3 accounts to keep it up, sadly it will never end. Like its been said just get together with a group of people with the same mentality as yourself, jus discuss games leave the fanboy dribble out.