Ever since video games became a real, mainstream form of entertainment, gamers everywhere have been speculating and dreaming of different crossovers or sequels that could be made. Let's talk about 'em
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.
Half-Life 3, lol
"A Better and Different No Man’s Sky"
Aside from the fact that this game doesn't exist simply because we don't have the right hardware yet, I don't think this would actually be a good idea in practice. Procedurally generated worlds tend to be soulless and repetitive
There's been a sort of procedural content craze that started in the last few years with the rebirth of roguelikes, but I think we're approaching the end of it. We're starting to see its drawbacks, and I'm starting to miss carefully-designed game worlds
Great ideas seriously. Pokemon Go itself should be an eye opener that even a simple mmo would make them a fortune and sell systems, especially if the nx is a hybrid.
ASoIaF made by From would be epic!!! Personally, for me NMS was even more than I thought so I'm loving it. Problem was that people were thinking GTA5 or Skyrim in space but neglected all the facts, like the difference of a few hundred people working on it.
Also, LFD3 and Portal 3 will probably happen. HL3 missed its mark. Unless they have something special to give us, it may never be made. I think of Valve like Microsoft, they don't have very many original ideas, but what they do is find the best of the beat and bring it to us....lol!