"We learnt that Australia is embracing full 1080 high definition, in fact we have fallen in love with Bravia. With a population of 20 million we are number three globally and is selling more X series per capita than any other country in the world including the US and Japan.
This is an unprecedented situation and really demonstrates Australia is leading the world in 1080 HD flat panel take-up."
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" -
On Amazon, you can't get an RTX 4090 for less than this one from Gigabyte, which now offers great value after an eye-catching April deal.
-- "Other: (12 minutes ago)
tv's have nothing to do with games
Reported by: Odion" --
and water has nothing to do with bathing, right Odion?
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Lame: (16 minutes ago)
Also, " learnt "?
Reported by: Icewake
dumba$$ icewake - I didn't write it. Maybe they talk like that down under. If he said g'day I'm not going to write good day, obviously I don't have a politically correct carrot stuck in my a$$ like you. Is that all you find after following in your leader odion the brainmaster?
I'm sure you say some stupid things too, in fact I'm positive so, I tell you what....ignore this because it has absolutely NOTHING to do with you at all and bugger off, yeah? Now beat it!
not sure what this has to do with gaming (yes I do realize that the current generation of consoles support HDTVs) but there are lots of TVs being sold in Australia apart from Sony TVs (got a Panasonic and BenQ myself) though I do like the Bravia aesthetics but the black Samsungs look the best ^_^
Sony AU Managing Director: “We are back in the game”. They are back in the 'game'. The 'game'. Get it? lol damn im a funni kid. :D
Well I just bought an X series Bravia and my main motivation was for PS3 gaming and BR movies so why shouldn't it count as news? How come any positve Sony news not directly related to a game, people try to get the story removed? Just dont read it if you dont care. Its not like there is only so much space to post stories and there going to run out of room.
"The Net is vast, and invinite." - Ghost in the Shell.
Hes right too, they are selling like hotcakes. I had to wait a month for new stock as every store in town was sold out except for display stock.
Dudes you have never seen a sexier picture, trust me. BluRay's, especially animated movies like Ice Age and Open Season look exceptional. And PS3 looks so clean and crisp too through HDMI. Needless to say games with 1080p are an attractive option for me now. Thats why I didn't mind waiting a month to get The Darkness on PS3 instead of just getting the Xbox version. Forgive my gushing, I'm still in the "honeymoon" period and am very happy with my good fortune.
for it's money with the LCD sets. I know they both made a LCD manufacturing Production deal, to produce the latest "8 generation" models but Samsung's signal Processing hardware is much better. Sony always did rely on third-parties for LCD's, so this deal has helped them but moreso Samsung.
I'm still doing reviews, but from what I have gathered, I leaning toward a Samsung...
Samsung LNT4065F 40" 1080p LCD HDTV
http://www.amazon.com/Samsu...
Samsung LNT4665F 46" 1080p LCD HDTV
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr...
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REVIEWS
Price grabber
http://reviews.pricegrabber...
CNET REVIEWS
Sharp LC-46D62U
http://reviews.cnet.com/fla...
Samsung LN-T4661F
http://reviews.cnet.com/fla...
Sony KDL-40XBR2
http://reviews.cnet.com/fla...
TWEAKS
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I read in the Av forum, them Sony's have this back-panel light/clouding issue, I'm staying way from them. In the store ,I looked at all the Models and The Samsungs looked the best to me.
I have a "Black" PSP, DS, Xbox Elite/Black Falcon soon, as well as PS3 will match Samsungs sets perfectly. Plus with the GAME MODE to turn off all those image processing should work well.
Bathy, I remember recommending the Samsung, but hows your Sony so far? Alot of this is still subjective but I will listen to HARDCORE HOME VIDEO FREAKS/GEEKS before anyone.