EA and France-based Ubisoft have been at odds for some time now. In December 2004, mega-publisher EA bought a 20 percent stake in Ubisoft-a move that the house of Rayman regarded as a "hostile takeover" of Sam Fisher proportions.
Ubisoft vowed to stay independent at the time, and it plans to keep it that way. "Our goal is not to sell to EA but to beat EA," said Laurent Detoc (pictured), president of Ubisoft North America in a Reuters interview this week.
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.
Do beat EA, I hate them.
This sweet awesome post outlaw the next gen is going to make or break alot of companies and EA needs to realise that they cant survive on the same mediore franchises we've been playin since the PSone i dont want another need for speed of another frickin burnout gimme somethin fresh and new if thats not the case then Ubisoft isnt gonna be the only company beating EA bc the real talent of this smaller companies is going to shine.
Give them a lesson Ubi..it`s about time EA steps down and admit all that crap they been feeding us lately.
with ea.....
ubisoft produces the most high quality games while ea produces same crap every year....
but i think wii cant beat EA.. wii is a gimik itself.. a new game cube..
Really guys, I want EA to die and all but there's just one fact you might be overlooking. People buy Madden and other sports games because their there and their the newest game that no other developer can make.
Normal consumers don't realize how much EA is screwing them every year. And since EA will continue to make money they won't stop what their doing.