Despite not putting out any Metal Gear or Silent Hill games, Konami is still raking it in.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."
If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.
Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.
I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.
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.
Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."
How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.
Not off of me. They have nothing for me to buy. Konami has so many IPS. But it's the same across the board with other companies. Companies with amazing classic franchises that are unused.
I'd gladly buy another well made Castlevania, a good Contra game. But hey, it's Konami. They don't seem to care much anymore.
Konami is dead to me. They used to be one of the best but now they suck.
Konami has flipped the bird to all the fans and loyal gamers that have stuck around them from so long. Only thing Konami does now is release a broken soccer game and anniversary packs of their older titles like Contra and Castlevania. Konami should just sell off their gaming division to someone who will utilize the franchises so Konami can go back to sticking their head in the sand and make pachinko machines. And forget about their loyal fans who stuck around them. I remember the SNES the Konami logo sound you knew you were getting a good game even the same for the fans who had a Genesis at the time the sound meant a good game.
They live in the past and too shy to acknowledge their problems.