Shaz from GL writes: “Sony have had great console revisions over the decades, but something is amiss with the company in recent years, and the new PS5 is proof of that.”
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.
you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)
MS: "Xbox services and content without AB up 1%, with AB up 62%. Hardware down 31%. In total a loss of 350 mill."
darthv72: "Seems about right."
MS: "Excuse m ..."
darthv72: "I don't hardly play on my consoles directly."
MS:
What he said was facts. How he plays games is no concern of you. Don't get too mad about it.
I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..
If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.
to you it may seem like the minority... but your bubble is shrinking because more and more are following suit. convenience is a hell of a drug and its also why physical sales only amount to 30% of overall game sales. times are changing, you either get with them or you get left behind.
Darth
30% physical sales: yet Phil and xbox division are in a rush go give up on that 30%. they don't have any right to give up any piece of the pie since the control such a little of the pie to begin with
also, the market is clearly speaking that the model Xbox is pushing isn't working right now the keyword being right now. you are right about freedom to play anywhere so i hope they put their games on steam
But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.
Hardware sales are so bad that Sony and Nintendo are blowing the sales off the water with their hardware.
If Xbox are losers, others aren’t..
Xbox already tried everything with Xbox live then subscriptions went down so much that they had to find something else. Their fans subscribed then reached saturation rather quickly.
Hardware and exclusive games is where it’s at! Keep gamers excited, announce decent software and people will support you
@shin
Well keep it simple Sony 's operating income is down 26% and Microsoft's is up 32%. No MS spin there, just facts. 😉
Cheers
MS is after diminishing consoles as a medium. They want to destroy this market because they couldnt win. MS’s vision is to dissolve console gaming.
Odd that a company that touts you dont need the hardware to play is already touting another console in the works.
They are not reliant on the HW but still want to maintain a presence (no matter how small) is a good thing. It shows commitment to the craft. It reminds me of SNK and how they made games for their own hardware (Neo Geo) while also making them for others because they knew there was a market to do so. They knew they would sell more to others but also sell to their own niche fan base.
Perfectly reasonable post down voted by insecure corporation friendly folk.... But not gamers. Real gamer want accessibility and ease of acquisition for all.... Company shills are the only ones still telling us that hardware locking people from games is good for us.
@Darth
You should stop parroting metrics like an idiot without context.
"Xbox content and services revenue grew 62% in Q3 from a year earlier, “driven by 61 points of net impact” from the purchase of the third-party video game giant, Microsoft said."
61 of the 62% was from their merger so net increase is ONLY 1%
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@chevalier
It looks like made a great purchase. Much better then Sony buying Bungie. 😉
Cheers
In the last two years they've started exiting the consumer market altogether. All of the newest Surface products are business models only. They can't seem to work out what they want to do with it.
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.
Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"
Microsoft: "why's that"
Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'
Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk
It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD
The only growth MS will get out of the console industry is if it supports it's rivals platforms. Xbox is a pointless machine now. I can see them on a big push for live next, and they won't give up on trying to buy Steam.
PSLS writes: I have traveled across the country using the Razer Kishi Ultra in airports and hotels for both PlayStation Remote Play and mobile gaming in general, and I am thoroughly impressed.
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.
I agree.
Digital edition $450
Disk add on $80
Vertical stand $30
Digital edition w/ stand $480 up from $399
Digital edition with disk drive $530/$560 w/ stand
yes it is,
UK just had a deal that ended yesterday, where you could get a PS5+copy of FC24 for £409, and bypass all this nonsense.
yess that is well below rrp, and I'm sure they'l do another one soon
And yet Playstation fans keep kissing Sony's feet. This is only going to get worse until they see the light.
I think it’s great.a lot smaller and you can replace the drive easily if it ever dies is a great option. They don’t have a Series S holding back the entire generation that IS the WORST decision of the entire generation
Gamers today. All I see is nothing but bitching and complaining about everything. Something is offered that is new and you automatically tear it down as if everything is about you or that Sony is only selling products to you only or they aren't innovating enough or making enough.
"Why is the PS5 so big? It doesn't fit in my perfect entertainment center. It doesn't match my other electronics that are all black or all white. How come they couldn't put more SSD space in there at launch? Why are they making multiplayer games that aren't one offs where gamers move on to the next multiplayer game at the drop of a hat? All I want Sony to do is make single player games only. Because it's all about me."
"Why did Sony make VR? No one wants that. I don't want to be immersed in a game. And I want to see everything around me and type on my phone at the same time. Why does it have all those features but costs less than PC headsets? It should be mass market price of $199-299 max. Where's are the games? 100 is still to little. GT7, RE8, Horizon, Saints and Sinners, NMS, Synapse, etc etc aren't enough games to play. How come it doesn't play COD or Madden? How come they can't make a PS Vita 2 instead where games would be $50-70 dollars? How come Sony's making a streaming device? Who wants that? How come it can't have Android built in? How come they couldn't allow me to put other operating systems on it?"
"What kind of upgrade is the Slim? Why does it cost more than the other digital console that has less memory space and no ability to add a disc drive for physical games? The new Slim should cost less because Sony built it with less plastic. They shouldn't be trying to make money but give their tech over to me for less. The new Slim isn't even an upgrade from the PS5 I already have that plays the same games. I expect more from Sony. It should at least do 8K or something. Even though I don't have an 8K TV. Or do holographic games. Why are they selling a stand separately? It should be included in the package even though all Sony's consoles never needed a stand to stand up. What were they thinking?"
Where are the games? I know Sony's developers are making them and it takes a little longer to make sure games are quality. But I want them right now. I don't care if the pandemic affected the game industry for 2 years, I don't care if they wanted to play it safe by doing cross gen games until the virus was controlled. They should have been ready even in a world crisis. Who cares about Horizon or GT7 or Ratchet and Clank or Returnal or GOW or the up coming Spider-Man 2. We want more more more. You're taking to long Sony. I need a roadmap. It's all Jim Ryan's fault for keeping Sony in the black during a virus. I need games games games now now now now now. "
Spoiled. Entitled. Bitches and complainers.