It seems Nintendo isn't the only company reading numbers in the green. As reported by Reuters, Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd. recorded a jump of 14.9 for it's shares.
"Mitsumi, the maker of the Wii's trademark motion-detection controller, raised its net profit forecast for the year to March by 59 percent on Wednesday to 10.2 billion yen ($84.54 million)."
Mitsumi doesn't only make Wii components, it also works on DS accessories.
"Mitsumi, which also makes chips, sensors and cellphone camera modules, expects annual sales to hit 276 billion yen, topping its previous forecast by 15 billion yen, with about 9 billion yen from game components, it said."
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" -
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Figures when the remote sells for 40 dollars and nunchuck for 20 dollars. Nintendo may have the cheapest console but their controllers are priced too high, although they are the most advanced of the 3 consoles.
i believe that it is kinda dangerous for small small children. if u will try to play boxing or tennis with the wii sports it will sometimes fall out of your hands and might hit your tv.it is kinda cool when you play games with the wii remote. but better with the nunchuck