John Finch writes: "The caveat here is that the PlayStation 4 did sell those units while being available in more international markets, but the Xbox One was available in all its usual big hitters, such as the U.S., Europe and Australia. That leads me to believe that even if we adjusted Microsoft’s numbers, it would still be behind. Even more so when we consider the PS4 is still not available in its largest market, Japan. 7.2 million consoles were sold, which bodes well for home consoles as a platform. Those numbers are both impressive and exciting. There are a few things we can take away from these sales numbers."
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.
A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
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.
If Sony had the money like M$ does, to crank up PS4 production two folds more there will be no shortage of supply.
I hope Sony uses the money they made during the last two months to crank up PS4 production and supply this January.
M$ has the money to make Xboxes many times over, but does not have the demand the PS4 has. Sony needs to loan some money to make moar PS4s to keep up with the demand because its not good for the chances they are loosing to make more money because tons of boxes are just sitting there taking advantage of the situation.
That's a crazy question to ask! Going by hype alone I still think the PS4 would still be able to push another 1 to 1.5 million before people would start to see the slowdown of associated with normal early adoption buyers, but that's not even taking in the 1.5 to 2 million back orders/pre-orders. If Sony had been able to keep up with production I believe the gap between the Xbox1 and the PS4 would at least be twice as big! Perhaps 2 1/2 times bigger.
Sony is obviously not keeping up with demand, so of course PS4 could have sold better…?
Microsoft's ability to manufacture more consoles only matters if they can sell more consoles.
Companies have to pay up from for manufacturing costs so they pay attention to demand and try get to a situation where they are only creating systems that retailers will purchase. To much production create a pile of liabilities.
Sony is in a great situation because it can convert its purchased stock into sales at a faster rate than Microsoft as evidenced by both companies global sales totals. Sony can order more supply from the manufacture without worrying about the cost because each unit created is essentially sold before if gets off the assembly line.
It will be within Microsoft's best interest to decrease production to meet current demand. Eventually, Sony will have to do the same thing.
*Looks at their success so far*
The better question is, did they really need to? They're rolling in green as it is.
Even if launch sale momentum doesn't last forever, they still got quite a bit of success out of this launch.