It's no question that AT&T has been extremely lucky to be the only US carrier for iPhone, but could their days of exclusivity be limited? As the CEO of AT&T said on Thursday at a conference in California, the iPhone will not be exclusive to AT&T forever. Quoted by CNET, Randall Stephenson said, "There will be a day when you are not exclusive with the iPhone." He refused to detail any information about the contractual agreement between AT&T and Apple.
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
Supercell has released its new squad-building action game Squad Busters in Spain, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Canada, and Singapore. This game features characters from different Supercell titles, such as Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, Hay Day, Clash Royale, and Boom Beach.
whoo-hoo! ummm yeah I guess that's all I wanted to say ^^
Here in France, it appears that contracts with SFR (french equivalent of AT&T) include unlimited Internet browsing through iPhone but only if you remain in the country.
Is there such thing with AT&T? Do you pay an extra if you browse Internet with an iPhone outside of USA?
Sounds to me when AT&T can't afford to shell out the billions required to keep it exclusive then it will be open for someone else to get exclusivity lol.......
iphone is coming to Verizon next year. tho i could careless, cuz i dont use or want an iphone. HTC FTW!
I love my new iphone 3gs