With Kinect launching next week, Microsoft is everywhere talking about it (it even recently showed up on Oprah, among other daytime TV shows). Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business boss Aaron Greenberg recently discussed, among other things, the subject of Kinect's launch games and how they will sell well even if they don't receive high scores from reviewers.
Asked about the importance of review scores for Kinect's slate of launch games, Greenberg told Eurogamer, "I don't know. For us, these are different types of titles and experiences than maybe some of the games traditionally that are targeted to the core market. So the correlation between a review score for Halo: Reach and sales is very high, but Kinect Sports is more about just having fun.
A new survey from Microsoft has further hinted at the possibility of an Xbox handheld being in development.
This is definitely happening, I just hope they have 2 versions one with a much bigger screen.
i have that logitech g-cloud. Its a sweet little piece of kit. I like that it can also install games from the play store unlike the other android based handheld.
I wonder if Microsoft will perform better in Japan if they do actually make a handheld since everyone says handheld and mobile are king over there.
This looks like the future of the game industry... all three platforms with a handheld option.
I wonder if the Playstation Portal is a technology test-bed/prototype for a future Playstation handheld?
- Xbox Wire - Mark your calendars! The Xbox Games Showcase followed by [REDACTED] Direct airs June 9. More info inside.
For a brief moment I thought we might get a whole Direct for Gears 6 - seems like it's COD though!
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.
Translation: The people who would be reviewing these games are not the people we are gearing this tech and/or games to. The people who would read and care about the reviews being written are probably not the people this tech/games are geared toward.
I sort of understand this. Soccer moms aren't going to care what Kotaku/Gamespot/IGN thinks of the neat Oprah recommended toy they bought. They aren't that invested. These are the people that MS is gearing Kinect to......which is why I hope it fails horribly.
people who support this hardware wont care about reviews
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at least explain why u disagree
Damage control. Sounds like they know Kinect games will get bad reviews.
@Godmas290
The poor reviews will scare off the few core Xbox owners who were thinking of getting Kinect and soccer moms and grandparents will not shell out $300 for this thing.
From what I've seen, kids are probably gonna go crazy for it.
So basically Microsoft are saying "inb4badreviews!".
Touché Microsoft. Touché.