Throughout Sony's reign this console generation, their first-party studios have arguably been their strongest and shiniest asset.
After losing built-in third-party support during the PS3 generation, they began grafting a group of in-house developers that has remained solid and untouched throughout the current PS4 era (asides from Guerilla Cambridge shutting in 2014).
It's not a secret that Microsoft whipped out their wallet this past year to take their unbalanced first-party line-up and chisel them into a jaw-dropping bevvy of incredible talents that now stands count-for-count with Sony's studio numbers. It will take a few good years for the dividends to pay off, but the gauntlet has been laid down.
Unlike Microsoft, who threw their Bill Gates money at a slew of distinctly individual and eccentric developers (with most not holding historical ties to Microsoft), Sony's approach has always been different; they tend to nurture a tight-knit and loyal relationship with a second-party studio over the years, then when the next natural step is ownership; they seal the deal.
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.
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.
you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)
I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..
If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.
But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.
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.
Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"
Microsoft: "why's that"
Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'
Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk
It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD
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.
They need to diversify. Get a dedicated platformer team making crash, spyro, ape escape, sly cooper style games. Get an jrpg studio. Get a fpS online focused team. Get a team to make rhythm and puzzlers.
Basically they got best in class tps games. I want to see that level if perfection taken to other genres.
I'm not clicking next that many times
11. Sanzaru Games
10. Clap Hanz
9. Ready At Dawn
8. Hello Games
7. Bluepoint Games
6. Supermassive Games
5. Thatgamecompany
4. Kojima Productions
3. Housemarque
2. Quantic Dream
1. Insomniac
No need for guesses,Sony will eventually confirm what studios they'll decide to buy.