GameZenith.com writes: "With Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all completing their E3 2011 Press Conferences, it is clear that none of them really “won” E3 this year. Microsoft showed off just how much depth Kinect has, Sony introduced PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo revealed Wii U. While each of the three companies all had something unique to show and will help their perspective brands in the coming months and years, neither one of them had that sold showing that really made one stand out over the other."
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.
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.
Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.
How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.
It's just backwards.
What your talking about is called block list
In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback
Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.
But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.
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 genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong
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
They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".
"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)
I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.
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
that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.
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
It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
E3 was really boring to me
Couldn't agree more SUCKED hard.
microsoft was uber bad and laughable
sony showed most before E3, PSV i like and OLED screen i love, party system but no ps3 party system...uh WTF
nintendo showed games from last year, the whole zedla was a joke no game, and they join the HD gen with a Sud HD controller????
yeah thats right its sub hd 6.5 inches, port machine, nintendo should have made a tablet
FAIL THEM ALL
Jeez you guys are winers. When you look in the audience you'll notice it's not gamers who are there, but rather business men in suits and ties. This is a multi billion business for them, and to expect them to focus on games and what not is ludicrous. They could care less about that. That's what the press conferences are there for, for the business men.
The show floor is for people like us, getting the chance to play the demos and games.
This e3 wasn't the best, I'll admit, but it wasn't THAT bad. 2012 is looking to be a sharp gaming year, nuff said.
They need to change this site to "N4C"... News for Crybabies... because that is what most of you are... Whaaaaah I didn't get this... I didn't see that...
All three companies showed off some great stuff, yet most of you complain about anything... Try going back to the 80's when I grew up on gaming... Did we whine about E3?.. No, because was no E3... and news about games came from magazines...
Most of you snot-nosed kids are just spoiled babies and you should be lucky to even have 3 game consoles and a boatload of cool games at your disposal... Grow up and stop crying...
If the WiiU isnt coming for a year and a half, I think MS and Sony got a big break (especially MS). Unless the Wii becomes a $99 console (which it may), I dont see skyrocketing sales of a Nintendo console on the horizon for some time. This also allows MS and/or Sony to announce a console sucsessor at next years E3 and still have it ready by the holiday season 12'.
In the short term, the only real battle is going to be the handheld wars.