Left 4 Dead 2 on PC is open to fan modification. Indeed, it's encouraged by Valve, who not only released the tools to enable gamers to do so, but even pledged to promote one user-created map each week for the foreseeable future. One such mod is 'Cold Stream' – a fan-made campaign set in a forest that's been picked up by Valve who have officially released it on PC after months in open Beta as a free download. As a first for Xbox 360, this very same fan-made content is coming to Xbox 360 on Friday.
For 560 MS Points.
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 part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
xbox 360 is a console, which means its a locked down platform. Console gaming in general is quite expensive compared to Pc, specially these days when console makers are penny pinching on everything possible.
Pc being an open platform acts like a resistance toward this trend, console makers hate this. its a reason why Ms is trying to lock down the next release of windows. personally i think they will fail very badly.
in general console gamers only have themselves to blame for the ill treatment they get. i think console gamers need to grow a pair and ask for mod tools on every game. it would surely go a long way to serving all the gamers pc and console.
@below
Might have been true last gen. This gen the tables have turned. A 500usd PC these days comes equipped with a quad core CPU and a GPU thats generations ahead of consoles here is an example:
http://www.tomshardware.com...
The above PC costs about the price of a console at launch. Even today 300usd for console vs 500usd for PC that isnt much of a difference.
Now consider 1 game like Left4dead 2 on console costs 30usd plus 5usd for each DLC(think there are 5), plus charges to go online. On PC the same game is only 5usd with all the DLCs free.
Now consider many such examples can be drawn. Hence console makers might trick people into believing consoles are cheap, however that has changed. The amount of penny pinching this gen is out of whack.
Lastly consider all the discounts available on platforms like Steam these days. Its literally possible to buy multiple AAA games just few months after release for 50usd. On console the prices hardly drop.
So no the tables have turned, consoles now stand as the more expensive platform, for people who want to game anyways. For those looking to buy 1-2 games only over the consoles life, then yea consoles are cheaper.
Microsoft forces them to charge. Several developers, including Valve and Epic, have butted heads with Microsoft over their insistence on charging for everything. They claim it "devalues the content" if you don't charge for it.
"Why should 360 gamers have to pay when it's free on PC?"
Cuz what M$ says goes for them. They even pay for online multiplayer & web browsing. Also cloud saving is free on steam with extra free content & mods xbox owners would want.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Unless you like the 3 major franchises (halo, gears & forza.. Fable 3 is on steam..) & cod. Buying xbox is not justifiable to me. imo.
i might get fanboy rage but is valve gonna put Left 4 Dead on the PS3?
Because Microsoft wants MONEY!
Microsoft would charge X360 Gamers $1 every time they opened up the X360 to change disc if they could justify it!!
If there is Money to be made Microsoft will nickel and Dime you to get it.
*....and to all the people up above arguing over the price of a Gaming PC vs. Console..... JUST STOP IT!! A PC does more than JUST play games therefore it SHOULD cost more than a console*