I think it's too early to say if it's disappointing or not. I think we would need to see what the big third party publisher numbers look like. If they are similar to the NPD ones, it's slightly less disappointing.
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Microsoft Earning Report FY22 Q4 | Gaming Revenue Down 7% YoY
Kagey K
Banned
They hide the profits for everything. Must be a sinking ship, every division is in the red.
Mr Moose
Member
Sony might benefit cause of the weak yen, will be interesting to see. Not too long.
Friday Sony
Monday ABK
Tuesday EA
jm89
Member
They will want their gaming segment to perform will enough to justify those purchases.
No company will bankroll a division that is not performing well enough to justify spending 10s of billions. Not saying Xbox is not performing well, having years like 2022 ain't gonna cut it.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Ubisoft has to be bargain bin price at this point.
So which is it? Pandemic or the summer?
You can't just throw new shit in.
You tried to downplay the negative figures with 'well it is the summer months'. The inference being that summer is a quiet period. And yes, it usually it. You can expect fewer units and big releases during those months.
But that's the whole point of YoY figures. It erodes, as best it can, seasonality of that kind.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Vs 2021 that's pretty damn good. Most companies are like 20to 30 percent down vs 2021.
Will be interesting to see Nintendo and sonys numbers. When are they out?
Will be interesting to see Nintendo and sonys numbers. When are they out?
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
Cool
Sony Friday,
ABK Monday
EA Tuesday
T2 8th August
Nintendo is early August as well.
Snake29
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Jimmyisback
Banned
20 billion in profit per quarter. damnnnnn. I remember it only around 5 billion per quarter not that long ago.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Best time to have a product pushing value
OneShotThrill
Member
Xbox doing solid ..good to see
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Ghost of Caelid
Banned
This is great considering they had no exclusives in this time period. Once the ball get rolling xbox should be in a good place. As an every system game you can't lose.
OneShotThrill
Member
What???...youre trying way too hard
ChorizoPicozo
Member
I think everyone is going to be down right?
in USD probably, in Yen maybe not (that's depending on the average currency rate Sony and Nintendo use)
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
As long as they had daddy Satya's check book, it's all good.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The best buy link doesn't show available to me and only Walmart has stock at retail price in your first link (and MS's website but they ship out in batches).
I don't think that qualifies as "pretty good" availability.
Rivet
Member
I don't see why hardware sales being down two digits (11 %) should be celebrated, unless the bar was set extremely low.
MS is a highly successful corporation overall, nobody ever doubted that. I'm a happy shareholder for sure.
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Topher
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I mean "pretty good" relative to what it has been in the previous months. But yeah, you can buy it from Walmart right now. I certainly wouldn't call that poor availability.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
"Fastest selling xbox" is probably the stat that matters to them the most in terms of hardware. And this is in a period without much in terms of first party output. H1 2023 should do extremely well for them when all the big named games start coming out.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
When you can't properly manage your studios and games keep getting delayed I'm surprised it wasn't higher.
Kagey K
Banned
Just think this time next year YOY growth is going to look huge. Easy double digits.
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Topher
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Depends on when Starfield releases. If Q3 then yeah Q4 will probably be pretty big.
Neofire
Member
The Blizzard Activision deal had people side eyeing that and still is and you think them buying the largest and biggest streaming company wouldn't trigger all sorts of questions from the FTC and others?
Kagey K
Banned
They have no footprint in the film/television industry, so I'm not sure where any antitrust or monopoly complaints could come from.The Blizzard Activision deal had people side eyeing that and still is and you think them buying the largest and biggest streaming company wouldn't trigger all sorts of questions from the FTC and others?
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I'll believe it when I see it. I admire you for having this much faith in MS.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Not really. I could buy one right now from MS Netherlands if I wanted one. Amazon UK also has Xbox Series X in stock. I've seen the Series X in stock a number of times and I'm not even looking for one.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Just think if they acquired Netflix we could look forward to reading about how Stranger Things Season 5 and Cobra Kai season 5 gets delayed.
Kagey K
Banned
Yes because making a film/series is totally the same as making a game.
ZywyPL
Banned
I don't think so. Most if not all of guys in the thread see only the current gen, whereas all those 120M of PS4 and 110M NSW haven't go anywhere, thats a userbase that makes those two pretty much safe, conpared to what, 45-50M XB1?
But all in all things are shaping up to be a dramatic turnaround for XB this gen, the console sanes, software sakes, services, everything is on a really good track.
Goalus
Member
Netflix offers something that MS doesn't have yet, so it would make sense for MS to welcome Netflix to the family. While they're at it, they could also welcome Snap in order to strengthen their social media presence.The Blizzard Activision deal had people side eyeing that and still is and you think them buying the largest and biggest streaming company wouldn't trigger all sorts of questions from the FTC and others?
Stuart360
Member
Thnk i'm going to up my Xbox series sales predicition to 90mil. These 2 beasts are beating 360, i'm certain if it now.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
No, its just that when you as publisher delay every fucking game in existence that's not directed by Rodd Ferguson, that's a pattern of mismanagement. MS 1st party management has been impressively bad especially when you're competition manages to have 2-3 major releases most years for the past 10 10-15 years.
Even when they're delayed games do get released they become half assed.
Stuart360
Member
It wont be funny for you when it happens. The second half of this gen is going to be flooded with Xbox exclusives, and if the consoles are selling when Xbox (and gaming itself really) is going through a massive dry spell, why wouldnt it sell well when the games are flowing like fine wine?.
By the way the mods said they look extra at these kind of threads, so some of you should keep that in mind.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I believed in unicorns when I was 5. Now that I am older, I don't believe in unicorns. Believing that MS is going to magically become competent in game development after 10+ years of mediocre to garbage (occasionally some good stuff like Forza and Gears 4,5) exclusives is the equivalent of believing in unicorns. I'll believe it when I see it and I, like you, am hoping for it to happen. But the simple fact of the matter is that MS has been dogshit when it comes to managing their projects.
I love my Xbox Series X, it's better for 3rd party games than my PS5, mostly. But in the area where I care most about Xbox...exclusives...MS has tragically underdelivered. While Sony on the otherhand, manages to have a multiple major exclusives ready to go each year.
How the fuck with that much money and that many studios can MS not even pull off ONE major release while their competition can pull off 2-3? Sometimes more.
The answer: Poor management. Incompetence.
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Stuart360
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They have had some good exclusives so far this gen. If you dont like them thats down to you. And most people already accepted that it was going to take time, a considerable amount of time, for all their new studios to start releasing games, thats why i said second half of the gen.
And it seems a lot of the masses realize that too judging from the sales, so why cant you?.