PSXextreme: See that dude in the picture? ..I'm probably younger, that's me every time I read another ridiculous, 'if Sony doesn't drop the price of the PS3, it's over' article. Really. I'm bored..
Therefore, in about two years time, with the most expensive console on the market, even in a freakin' recession, the PS3 has somehow managed to - shock of shocks - not die. In fact, it has only managed to close the gap, which it will likely continue to do.."
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" -
GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds
With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?
Not clicking on your article otherwise.
I already own a PS3 so I don’t care about a Sony price cut. However I’m considering buying an Xbox360, but they are simply too expensive. I’m only interested in one game, Mass effect 2…. So pretty please MS drop the price of your Xbox. Your killing me here.
you want MS to drop the price of the 360 lol it's 199 with the hard drive....meanwhile the ps3 is 399
I own a PS3 so price cut wouldn't affect me. Still, I feel if there's no price cut, PS3's install base will hardly get even with Xbox360's. Lesser install base, lesser support from third party developers. That's the deal...so I would quite politely ask for a price cut that's getting too long in my opinion to arrive.
I believe if Sony wants the game to turn to their side again they need:
1.- Backwards compatibility and PS2 games in the PSN (rumors aim towards this happening soon, so it's OK)
2.- RELEVANT price cut ASAP
3.- SCENE for the PS3
closing the gap ahahahah i wouldn't call a 8 million gap closing.
Lol, so very true.