What's there to say about sports video games that haven't already been said? They've become a way to play with our favorite stars, re-create history or create our own fantasies. They're a way to hone our skills on the field, whether it's keeping LeBron James' shot in NBA 2K on your TV in loop as you attempt to mimic it, or attempting to format like your batting stance like Mike Trout's for when you step into the batting box.
Above all that, they're fun. Years ago, you had to go outside and actually play the game while mimicking your favorite players, but now, all you have to do is turn on a video game console - instead of standing in your backyard trying to imitate Peyton Manning's throwing motion, you can play as him and get him that second Super Bowl ring.
But, not all is well in the universe of sports gaming. Games in recent years have been criticized for everything from not being realistic enough to being just '60 dollar roster updates.' This, even after the launch of the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One last fall; by now, every major sport has released a game on these consoles, and we're still hearing complaints and issues.
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" -
INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.
Madden,UFC and NBA2K 15 are great don't know what's you're problem.
MLB the show ( if you like baseball ) is good
Nope this was the first time in years where I had a MLB, NFL AND NBA game. So I think it's on the up and up!
Fight Night is still pretty dope