Pundits have begun to proclaim an end to the high-definition disc format war, declaring a victory for the Blu-ray Disc led by Sony over rival HD DVD backed by Toshiba and Microsoft. The war may not be over, but now with the backing of five major studios, the end may be near.
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.
Stop reporting Real articles involving Sony, and the PS3 owning Microsft JEALOUS, LOSER XBOTS.
And now with most newspapers and websites declaring Blu-rays victory people who were holding off on getting a HD movie player are going to start to buy Blu-ray.
sorry xbots were wrong about hd-dvd... and soon they are going to be wrong about digital distribution.
Infrastructure is not there and I dont expect a regular joe will be knowledgeble or have the patience to download movies.
"Toshiba is maintaining its backing for HD DVD but Microsoft is notably restrained in its encouragement, although it has said it is totally committed to the format and has now plans to build Blu-ray devices."
So Microsoft said that they are "totally committed" to HD-DVD but have plans to build Blu-ray devices.....they made their first sentance false with their second....Just goes to show how confident Microsoft is about it's products.
Microsoft- HD-DVD failed, Windows Vista failed, Xbox Live....failed for a month I hear. Xbox 360 failed (RROD)
Can Microsoft do anything right???
Sure is! There were plenty of news circulating that consumers have started to join the Blu-ray bandwagon. Some who bought their HDDVD players last Xmas have exchanged it for Blu-ray players.