Nintendo has had one of the most impressive comebacks in recent years thanks to its new Switch console.
If Nintendo can keep the hits coming, it may eclipse the stratospheric highs it reached following the release of the Wii back in 2006. But that will require a steady stream of high-profile games, proof that its mobile strategy is working and ensuring that it can pull in the kinds of big-name, volume-selling titles that power the modern games industry.
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.
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A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
It has been such a turnaround, one for the books, but that proves the old adage of "never count out Nintendo" for a new generation's, no doubt, go-to example.
Truthfully, there's nothing here I can say that no one hasn't already said, so all I can do is wait till E3 to see their horizon. If Nintendo continues to up their game for their second year with great releases, both from them and third-party, and hopefully sneak in some surprises, then they should be fine.
As for another "golden age" of Nintendo, that would be great, both for the community and the competition, so the sooner that happens the better. But golden age or not, I just want healthy competition from all the Big 3, so I would settle for a feistier Nintendo which seems to be the message I'm getting now.
Thankfully we have Playstation to maintain this gaming industry healthy with real new games, not just simple new games, but with actually stunning looking awesome NEW games!. ;)
It's neither incredible or a comeback, it's same old Nintendo with a different gimmick. Same redundant games, I don't care how high they score it's still mario and zelda over and over.
I mean that's not even adding the fact they haven't remastered plenty of replayable titles. There remaster library will be godly, even obscure ones like Mario strikers, Mario baseball, etc... so many past titles that deserve a second look for new gamers. In the end you could push a system to the max but without titles it's not even a system, quality over quantity has been the motto for ninty