@PCKingz
Shouldn't you have upvoted me then?
Such a tiny signal of so much copium behind.
Playstation accounted for 64% of Xbox' revenue in December.
https://www.playstationlife...
I actually agree.
And in case this lawsuit goes to court, I'd be really, really interested to, for the first time ever, to listen to the Playstation's lawyers explaination as to why the PSN store prices have to be so high.
When we all know, or at least ask ourselves, that physical copies have much more cost factors behind their way of distribution.
I've only had one stick drift too since PS2.
But two things make the difference for me:
• Stick drift is happening to Playstation controllers. You can't deny it.
• And: Sony COULD use better technology to erase that problem completely. But they don't. For obvious and anti-consumer reasons.
They should drop that revenue driven policy.
Even as a Playstationeer:
There are quite a bunch of things that Sony really should improve on. And their digital content policies and pricing definitely are one of them.
I really wished they'd push for a much consumer friendly platform policy overall, like better customer support, no stick drifting in their controllers, demos for everyone, better build quality of their headphones, etc., which would may lead to short-term revenue decreases.
...
Is there really any doubt that every single one of these alt accounts is created by the same individual over and over again?
It's stupidedly mind-boggling to me how much time and energy this person invests in creating all these different e-mail accounts to register multiple N4G accounts on a daily basis.
Seriously, it's insane, it's nuts.
I just can't believe that there's this single person living on this Earth somew...
While I agree on
• “Looking at the install base of Xbox, I think it’s natural to understand what they’re doing.”
I still can't help myself and personally view
• “I think it’s a win for PlayStation owners. They’re going to access to games they didn’t previously have access to,”
a bit differently.
Microsoft today owns +20 former multiplatform IPs that came with many of their acquisitions.
...
Nope, you're right, you can't.
But that's what the Miranda Rights are for, I guess.
So, what I am reading from this:
- "500 million MAU" + Zenimax + ABK + "Game of the Decade" Starfield + Indiana Jones + Stalker 2 + Call of Duty in Gamepass + Flight Sim
resulted in
• -7% total revenue (USD 6.6 billion)
• -29% hardware sales
• somewhere around +2% for "content"
for the Xbox division in the most important quarter of the financial year.
...
Oopsie, well, yeah, I should probably do that more often. 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks!
What's your prob?
I specifically said ... "and on Thursday".
Tommorrow State of Play, on Thursday Sony's/Playstation's Q3 report.
That's a pretty interesting week in Playstation territory, and I am excited for their numbers, probably crushing Xbox by a landslide.
I love the games.
Yet I like the business side of Playstation, too.
I'm pretty excited for Playstation's Q3 as I am confident they've had a very good one.
Which eventually helps creating new games.
And on Thursday, Sony's going to have their Q3 earnings report.
Pretty interesting week in Playstation territory.
Something about Wolverine would be so awesome!
I didn't watch or read any of the leaks back then. And I am SO much into the tune of the last Wolverine films. Dark, brutal, melancholic.
This could be epic Kratos fights in cities, bars & backyards.
What's interesting:
Losely speaking, with Xbox One they've tried it with the weakest hardware.
And with Series X they've tried it with the most powerful hardware at that time.
So they've done both ends of the spectrum. Yet the always valid conclusion remains:
Regardless the hardware power, it's always about games.
@Obscure
I don't disagree with alot of things you write. I really don't.
Every
• first party new IP, emphasis on "new"
you are listing here does absolutely fall into the category what people were missing about the Xbox brand for years now, actually for more than a decade. And you're right - they are finally coming! Still not there for most of them, but they are coming.
But man...
I claim it's safe to say that's it's no maintenance reason as usual behind.
Maintenance on a Friday? I don't think so.
@Obscure
I missed that.
"It´s *THEIR* games!
Those games won´t pay for its development and marketing costs by itself!"
Noone, absolutely noone disagrees that today Microsoft, after they had bought all the 25+ IPs coming from Ninja Theory, Zenimax and ABK, that Microsoft today is legally the owner of all those IPs.
Noone disagrees on that.
And yet while all thei...
@Obscure
You should better tell people that the More Personal Computing segment includes:
• Xbox gaming
But also:
• Windows and Devices, including Windows, comprising Windows OEM licensing (Windows Pro and non-Pro licenses sold through the OEM channel), Windows Internet of Things, and patent licensing; and devices.
• Search and news advertising, comprising Bing (including Copilot), Microsoft News, M...
I haven't thought about that. Good point.
And that's only if the game hits break-even.