Yellowpen of The Gentleman Gamer writes: You heard right, folks, the corporate giant that is Microsoft saw your memes, heard your complaints, and changed their policy to compensate for your desires. Time to get our the streamers and party hats, right?
Wrong, apparently."
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.
MS has something sneaky planned
Microsoft decided to NOT do something they originally planned and defended for the last several weeks. At best, that puts them back at neutral footing. However, that doesn't erase the last month of rude, dismissive, arrogant statements nearly every day. A flip-flop is still a flip-flop. You can't simply ignore your fans and say "we're doing it anyway", change your tune a month later, and then magically expect them to trust you again.
I can only speak for myself, but I don't buy a console for its launch titles. I buy a console if I agree with the vision of the company and the vision of the console. That's why I bought a Wii on Day One and didn't buy a PS3 or 360 until 2008.
The same goes for this gen. Xbox One-Eighty doesn't even have a vision anymore. They've gone back on all the features that made the Xbox One "future proof" and "revolutionary" and "overdelivering on value" and all that stuff. What's the vision for the console now? And no, "no DRM anymore" is not a vision.
What makes you say that? (@BadboyCivic)
Remove mandatory Kinect, lower the price, let Indies self publish, gives us more benefits of using Gold, apologize for the rude, arogant comments plus admitting ypu were wrong and MAYBE we'll talk
I'll talk trash here, and I'm leaning toward the PS4, but I gotta give credit to the Xbox fans who spoke out against this DRM. You prevented a very bad precedent and kept the 2 consoles competitive. The fanboys who supported it? Go eat a fat one.