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What is the point of Xbox? (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] [S] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm just loving the amount of bad press Microsoft is deservedly getting.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think the studio closures was just the last straw. Like they spent almost $100 billion and they’ve made NOTHING. Like not one goddamn thing.

    Say what you will about Sony and Nintendo but they have output and they care about gaming because they have to, it’s the only way they make money.

    Microsoft could shutter their gaming division tomorrow and they would save money, not lose it. Whatever exec championed the buyouts for Game Pass is clearly gone or asleep at the wheel. So the end result is they own WoW, Candy Crush and CoD that print money and a bunch of franchises that haven’t seen a good release in 10+ years.

    The fact that they bought inExile, Obsidian and Bethesda and didn’t immediately start work on a Fallout 1/2 remake or an FNV sequel is evidence enough they they have no fucking clue what they’re doing. How does a company own so many studios and make no games!?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Say what you will about Sony and Nintendo but they have output and they care about gaming because they have to, it’s the only way they make money.

    You are aware that Sony makes lots of other things besides games too?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Take a look at Sony’s annual reports and then get back to me. PlayStation is the engine that drives the company.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Maybe you should take your own advice, according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/297533/sony-sales-worldwide-by-business-segment/ for the latest available year there (2022) the business segment "Game and network services" is only around 26 billion out of 88 billion total.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    The sale figures are a bit misleading as the different sections also have different costs (sales make games look more important).

    The corporate reports are archived here, and the equivalent per-section breakdown is on page 37 of the 2023 report.

    https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/corporatereport/

    When comparing operating revenue (i.e. profit) the breakdown is:

    section billion yen
    games and network services 250
    music 263
    pictures 119
    entertainment technology & services 180
    imaging & sensing solutions 212
    financial services 234
    other 17

    So it looks like they made a little more profit from music that year.

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