"I’ve been getting this monthly statement consistently for about a year now, and I thought it was time for a retrospective, diving into the fabulous world of “PR speak."
You’ll also find all sorts of glorious statistics that sound impressive, but are kind of impossible to actually sort out (30 million minutes played!). But what you won’t find? Actual, hard sales numbers. None. Almost all of it is about growth, because actual numbers would draw a comparison to PS4. And there isn’t a single mention of Sony or the PS4 (or Nintendo or the Wii U) in any of these statements.
It’s sort of a fascinating look at spin and PR-speak, as you can see just how similar all these statements are over the course of the past year, and how little they really tell you. Some months skip any numbers, even growth percentages, just going with “strong momentum,” which weirdly feels like a pseudonym for underperformance. The problem is at the end of all this, we really no longer have any clue how many units the Xbox One has currently sold, as Microsoft is now rolling 360s and Ones together making it impossible to get an exact figure when they release quarterly figures.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."
If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.
Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.
I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.
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.
Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."
How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.
A year worth of useless information. The rest of 2016 should be interesting too, considering the lack of exclusive games on the platform. They'll just keep talking about their October game and engagement. Lol.
Lol