Well, it looks like that CECHG01 model PlayStation 3 wasn't the only one that the FCC got to spend a bit of time with recently, with the hereto unheard of CECHH01 model now also finding its way into a couple more recent filings with the commission. From what little info online, it appears that this particular model packs a "new board" and, most likely, two USB ports instead of four.
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.
I am looking forward to the announcement of when "exactly" the 40GB Sony PS3 sku will be launched in the US and at "exactly" what price point. When I owned my 60GB PS3 I never used the backwards compatability or card media ports. Plus I only used 2 of the USB ports anyways. 1 for the controller charger, and the other one for my Jabra Blue-tooth headset charger I got when I purchased Warhawk.
Regardless of any ill feelings I have towards Sony as a corporation. I do still plan to own a PS3 again once it is cheaper and has more "exclusive" games. I am a a gamer first and foremost and even I am not that mad at Sony to cheat myself of all the great games the PS3 will have that the 360 or Wii wont.
If the price is right the 40GB PS3 plus Ratchet and Clank may make a nice Christmas gift for the kids. Then again Christmas of 2008 sounds even better. Sony will have 2 years worth of games in thier library, a Dual Shock 3 controller, and may even be priced down to $300.00 by then.
What do you guys think. Play Beyond Christmas 2007 or Wait Beyond till Christmas 2008?????
This "rumored" 40gb PS3 has been on N4G for too long now. LET IT GO! Theres a 40gb PS3 we get it. Now move on. Report back to us when it's released. Thank you:-)
So WTF this means?
This is likely the WHITE model BTW.