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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Pointed to Record Minecraft and World of Warcraft Forever Sales, but Circana Sees No Impact From Her Initiatives
Following Xbox's continued revenue decline this past quarter, CEO Asha Sharma tried to focus on the positives (like record sales of Minecraft and World of Warcraft Forever), but Circana analyst Mat Piscatella has painted a rather troubling picture of Sharma's sweeping initiatives: they're having...
Xbox Growth Declines by 2 Percent in Latest Quarter, Hardware Sales Down by 14 Percent
On the subject of declining hardware sales, Asha Sharma has attributed it to the company not being able to meet the demand.
Xbox CEO Says Xbox Series X|S Is Supply Constrained, But Is It?
In the US, you can buy an Xbox Series X|S at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and even on Xbox's own website. But Xbox CEO Asha Sharma claimed on X that "console sales remain constrained by supply" while discussing revenue decline for her division in the most recent financial quarter for Microsoft. To be...
Xbox CEO Reacts To Latest Revenue Figures With Official Statement
"We’re making progress, with a lot more work ahead.". Last night, Microsoft shared its earnings results for the quarter ending September 30th, 2026 (referred to as FY27 Q1), and as expected, it included a few declines for Xbox in terms of revenue. Compared with the same period a year prior, Xbox...
Xbox Revenue Decline Narrows to 2% as Asha Sharma Points to Record Minecraft and WoW Results, but “Console Sales Remain Constrained by Supply”
Microsoft's Xbox business is still shrinking, but the pace of that decline has slowed considerably, as reported yesterday. In the company's fiscal first quarter ended September 30, Xbox revenue fell 2% year over year to $5.38 billion, an improvement from the 10% decline reported in the previous...
Xbox revenue falls 2% in first results since layoffs as decline narrows from 10%
Xbox revenue slipped again in the July–September quarter, its fifth straight decline, but the drop was much smaller than the quarter before. Console sales and Game Pass are still shrinking, and Microsoft is counting on the holiday quarter to bring Xbox's strongest growth. The post Xbox revenue...
Modern Warfare 4 is reportedly down 32% on Xbox (and Steam isn't much better)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has reportedly seen a 32% decline in player counts compared to Black Ops 7, with SteamDB figures also suggesting a weaker launch than previous entries. With the game absent from Xbox Game Pass, questions remain over whether the annual release cycle, rising costs, or...
The Wolf Among Us Remastered Review – Return of the Big Bad Wolf
Way back in 2013, I was actually a huge fan of Telltale Games. Even before they hit the mainstream with The Walking Dead, I played and adored Sam and Max and Back to the Future: The Game, and even as they began to decline in popularity a few years later, I still found a lot [...]
Pokemon Unite to end service March 2027
It appears as though yet another mobile video game project is closing its doors for business. The Pokemon Company has announced that the once popular Pokemon Unite will be ending service on 23rd March, 2027. The Pokemon Company declined to provide a reason for the closing of the free-to-play...
Netflix users watching less as decline continues after password-sharing crackdown
Netflix subscribers are spending less time watching the app, with the decline continuing years after the company’s password-sharing crackdown.
Sony's New Walkman Is a Real Status Symbol, with a $6,000 Price Point to Match
Sound good? Aside from PlayStation, it’s probably fair to say the Walkman is Sony’s most iconic product. The portable music player has declined in importance as the world has embraced smartphones, but the Japanese giant does continue to manufacture them for legacy purposes. Read the full article on...
Global PC Shipments Drop 21% In Q3 As Memory Prices Surge, And Forecasts Point To An Even Steeper 27% Fall In Q4
Global PC shipments declined 21% versus the previous year in Q3, while the industry is forecast to witness an additional 27% decline in Q4. Continued Memory & Component Price Hikes Plunge Global PC Shipments Further; Besides ASUS, All OEMs See A Double-Digit Drop The PC industry is going through...
Wizards of the Coast declines to voluntarily recognize D&D and Studio X union drive
Wizards of the Coast is refusing to grant voluntary recognition to a union drive by its Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X teams. Staff will instead vote on joining in a secret-ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board. Read more
Massive Updates Coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket!
Brace yourselves, Pokémon TCG Pocket players! Arguably the biggest set of updates in the history of the game will make landfall at the end of October 2026, and these will completely change how we play this mobile trading card game. The TCG Pocket devs, DeNA, reported a shocking decline in the...
As Arc Raiders sees Steam player count surge to 185,000, Embark dev knows it "won't last forever"
After months of decline, Arc Raiders has seen an enormous resurgence in players thanks to its new Frozen Trail update and recent free trial, but while things are suddenly looking a lot healthier for Embark's shooter, one dev knows it "won't last." Although Arc Raiders was undoubtedly a massive hit...
IDC report shows worldwide PC shipments dropped 20.1% in Q3 2026
Worldwide PC shipments fell 20.1% year over year in Q3 2026 to 62.7 million units, according to preliminary data from IDC. This marks the second consecutive quarterly decline, down from 78.5 million units in the same period last year and 9.1% lower than Q2. IDC attributes the drop to inventory...
PC Shipments Fell 20.1% In Q3 2026 As Pull-In Hangover And Supply Constraints Pressure Demand
The new data on PC shipments for Q3 2026 has been published by IDC, which reveals the reasons for such a huge decline. PC Shipments Crash 20.1% In Q3 2026 After A 3.8% Q2 Dip, And IDC Warns The Slide Could Deepen We are already seeing the consequences of soaring PC hardware prices, as this has...
‘Enough Games Have Been Cancelled and Shut Down. That Betrayal Has Ramifications’ – Is It the Beginning of the End for Live-Service Games?
Live-service dominates global playtime, but can it survive cancelled projects, dwindling players, and a market in decline? Or is this the beginning of the end for forever games?
Arc Raiders lead says Steam player count discourse doesn't feel great, but Embark "accepted" it
Ahead of Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update, a veritable relaunch following several quiet months, developer Embark Studios anticipated a decline in concurrent and daily players and chose to go all-in anyway, even if it meant weathering a few months of Steam CCU discourse. Speaking with GamesRadar+,...
Xbox has ‘started to return to growth’ in first-party following an ‘all-time low’, CEO Asha Sharma reportedly tells staff
The previous strategy was leading to "freefall" financial declines, she said
EXCLUSIVE: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma speaks at internal town hall on the future of consoles, Helix, and more
In a recent town hall with Microsoft gaming staffers, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described how Xbox was in "free fall" declines before this year's big restructure.
Free-to-play playtime is broadly flat as gacha RPGs drive PC growth, says Newzoo
"F2P is not dying," according to a Newzoo special focus report that challenges assumptions that free-to-play is in decline. Read more
September Drop Extends CS2’s Record Seven-Month Player Slide
CS2 player count fell 2.38% in September to an average of 805,638, extending a record seven-month decline as anti-cheat debate continues. The post September Drop Extends CS2’s Record Seven-Month Player Slide appeared first on Esports Insider.
Sonic Team boss on the pressure of achieving high Metascores
Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka has spoken about the pressure of hitting high Metascores with the Sonic the Hedgehog games. There was a lengthy period when Sonic was floundering a bit. The series was on the decline and games weren’t as well-received as they used to be. In fact, as we know, SEGA...
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