Kotaku writes: "When Kaz Hirai took over Sony Computer Entertainment, the company's outlook changed. The previous head, PlayStation father Ken Kutaragi, kept talking up the PS3's other selling points. It was a Blu-ray player! It was a super computer! It had 4D!! Somewhere along the line, the focus that Sony Computer Entertainment made game machines was lost. Hirai has done a sold job of roping that back in. In an interview with Nikkei, Hirai said:
The thing that I did when I took over last year was to boast the appeal of games themselves... The main premise of the PS3 is video games. That's the absolutely most important thing that we cannot lose sight of."
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 of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Well they are starting to deliver the AAA titles now. R2, LPG and Socom to name a few. Not to mention some great multi-plats on the way. Gaming season is looking great.
PS3 is selling just fine
It has outsold its main compentition in its first 2 years!
$400 is a great deal for the hardware
the big issue is
do you have the money to spend to buy all the great games on the system!
Thats so ,how about some adverts Sony, to tell the public about your games.Xbox360 & Wii have adverts on Television showing of there Games and Hardware ,Dads watching television looking to get wee Johnnys Christmas this year, Games Maybe a console does he see any adverts from sony ! no, advert from others ! yes. For AAA game,s what.I have 10 PS3 games
1) RFOM good but not not great
2) Uncharted Drake Fortune AAA title
3) Haze was average if not worse : (
4) UT3 Great game like it on the PC better AAA
5) GT4 AAA but lost interest liked Vice city better(PS2)
6) Motorstorm yip AAA
7) MGS4 AAA title (son loved it)
8) Ratchet & Clank TOD fun game not a AAA title close but
9) Assassin Creed what a let down (shame)
10) Orange Box worst version of all platforms
Games Im getting for PS3 are Deadspace, LBP, RFOM2, MS2 and KZ2 these are AAA titles in my opinion. thing loking up but FGS sony get the adverts out on the Television lol sorry just a wee moan