Joe and Ren talk about how PlayStation's Relationship with second parties differ from Xbox. The gang, talks about whether PSVR is still breaking ground, and how VR can be implemented, and we're going to PSX!
This reminds me of Gameworks and sounds really fun. F1 Arcade (F1Arcade.com/us/), the world’s first premium F1 entertainment experience, today opened its first US location in Boston Seaport.
Cool , only a 20 minute ride for me. I am going to check it out . I hope they have a lot of retro Arcade cabinets. Now that Mary Jane is legal in Massachusetts it would been awesome if they served Edibles at the bar also. I once played music and promoted a EA Madden tournament at a nightclub in Greater Boston in 2003 . Only problem is hardly anybody drank booze because between games most of the crowd would just go out to there car and smoke weed . So it would be awesome if they got a weed license to at least serve Edibles.
It's time to add two more games to your library for free from the Epic Games Store.
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.
Interesting podcast. Good points on Sony allowing its developers to create games and not micromanaged like Microsoft does leading to Crytek, Remedy, Platinum, etc backing off from their previous connections to them. They were more hurt than helped by them.
PSX should be cool in Anaheim. Sony will definitely bring the current titles and the surprises.
As for VR, the podcast is right on some things and weak on others. Right about that there should be more big titles made for it and not just Indie companies leading the charge. If you make the hardware, you should lead with software. I don't know what Sony's making behind the scenes, but there are opportunities there that aren't being taken advantage of. Where's Everybody's Golf support? Where's Sports Champions. I mean, there aren't really any sports games at all. Bowling. Where is it? High Velocity bowling from last gen would be perfect. A real update to Hustle Kings. I know it's still less than a year and more games are dropping. Would still like stronger leadership push.
On the other end, YES, there are gamers using their PSVR. I do almost daily. Just looked at 360 videos of lions that I'll never get that up close to, experienced the eclipse from many areas of the path because I didn't live in the direction it was going.
Also, the podcast mentions both individuals getting nausea. But doesn't mention what DOESN'T give them nausea. And no mention of Super Hot, Dirt Rally, Far point, Mortal Blitz,etc. Doesn't talk about upcoming games like Sparc, Megaton Rainfall, Doom VFR, Ace Combat 7 when there is a show going on this week displaying these games. Podcast was still positive about VR in general but lacked those things I mentioned above. Decent listen though.