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Derek Strickland

@deeketweak
74 posts
2025-12-06
Just a quick clarification: Netflix will own Warner Bros Warner Bros. includes WB Games Netflix wouldn't technically be operating WB Games directly. A level of organizational structure will remain. Think of it like Xbox buying ZeniMax, which is the parent/operator of BGS.
2025-12-06 View on X
Game Developer

WBD confirms that Warner Bros. Games will be acquired by Netflix along with its wider streaming and television business

A Warner Bros. spokesperson has confirmed the video game division will be acquired by Netflix alongside its wider streaming and television business.

2025-10-23
Look at that. Bloomberg also confirms Xbox's accountability margin is profit -years- after I ran my report, the one with profit comparisons that I took down because I was highly pressured by people who didn't know what they were talking about. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2025-10-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Microsoft asks its Xbox unit to hit 30% “accountability margins”, or profit margins, and Xbox canceled products, cut jobs, and raised prices to meet it

Management's goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects

2025-10-04
Losing $300 million from Call of Duty on Game Pass is really bad news. Fumbling an asset like COD won't end well for Xbox.
2025-10-04 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Microsoft putting some of its top titles on Xbox Game Pass is cutting into its higher-margin game sales, giving up $300M+ in Call of Duty sales in 2024

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division surprised many video game enthusiasts this week when the company announced a 50% price hike …

New Call of Duty games are meant to launch into Game Pass. This is what I was talking about when I mentioned Microsoft's “alignment problem” in regards to subscription. COD is a traditional asset being formed to fit a non-traditional, high-risk (but high-margin) biz model.
2025-10-04 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Microsoft putting some of its top titles on Xbox Game Pass is cutting into its higher-margin game sales, giving up $300M+ in Call of Duty sales in 2024

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division surprised many video game enthusiasts this week when the company announced a 50% price hike …

2025-07-31
Nadella just confirmed Game Pass annual revenue was nearly $5 billion for the first time.
2025-07-31 View on X
Microsoft

Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $76.44B, vs. $73.81B est., net income up 24% to $27.23B, forecasts Q1 above estimates; MSFT jumps 5%+

Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Fuels Fourth Quarter Results  —  REDMOND, Wash. — July 30, 2025 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …

At $5 billion annual revenue, Game Pass would have made up ~21% of Xbox's total FY25 earnings ($23.45 billion).
2025-07-31 View on X
Microsoft

Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $76.44B, vs. $73.81B est., net income up 24% to $27.23B, forecasts Q1 above estimates; MSFT jumps 5%+

Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Fuels Fourth Quarter Results  —  REDMOND, Wash. — July 30, 2025 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …

2025-06-09
Making games for handhelds requires unique optimizations. Microsoft is teaming up with partners to help iron out these kinks. This feels very similar to Valve's Steam Deck Verified program. [image]
2025-06-09 View on X
IGN

Xbox Ally X hands-on: an AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme APU, 24GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, 1080p games run at 60 FPS with no issues, a super-slim Windows, and more

The Xbox handheld impresses, but pricing remains the biggest question.  —  PC gaming handhelds have flooded the market at this point …

Making games for handhelds requires unique optimizations. Microsoft is teaming up with partners to help iron out these kinks. This feels very similar to Valve's Steam Deck Verified program. [image]
2025-06-09 View on X
Game File

Microsoft and Asus unveil the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, two PC gaming handhelds that will run Windows games from multiple storefronts, including Steam

First impressions of the ROG XBOX ALLY XIf you'd like to support … Jon Fisher / Lifewire : Your Xbox Just Went Mobile in a Big Way Reece Bithrey / Trusted Reviews : Asus ROG Xbox A...

2025-05-28
Now that Apple can't just passively make ~$15 billion from gaming thanks to recent antitrust rulings, the company has: - bought its first games studio - planned to release an all-in-one gaming app for all Apple devices Interesting times. Apple has to compete now.
2025-05-28 View on X
Digital Trends

Apple acquires RAC7, the two-person studio behind the popular Apple Arcade game Sneaky Sasquatch, marking its first acquisition of a video game studio

Exclusive: Apple has acquired the two-person studio behind Sneaky Sasquatch, one of Apple Arcade's most popular games.  —  Sneaky Sasquatch Trailer — Apple Arcade

Now that Apple can't just passively make ~$15 billion from gaming thanks to recent antitrust rulings, the company has: - bought its first games studio - planned to release an all-in-one gaming app for all Apple devices Interesting times. Apple has to compete now.
2025-05-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple plans a dedicated app for video games to replace Game Center that will come preinstalled on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV devices later in 2025

here's what we know Isa Muhammad / PocketGamer.biz : Apple to launch dedicated gaming app across all devices this year Anshuman Jain / Beebom : Apple Developing an Xbox-Like Gaming...

2025-04-02
It's now red, and has much faster data reading speeds. Switch 2 only works with MicroSD Express cards. Regular SD cards not compatible. [image]
2025-04-02 View on X
Engadget

Nintendo says the Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers have a C button for GameChat, which uses the console's built-in mic, and the Switch 2 uses microSD Express cards

The console arrives on June 5, and a new Mario Kart game will be out the same day.  —  After months of anticipation and years of speculation …

It's now red, and has much faster data reading speeds. Switch 2 only works with MicroSD Express cards. Regular SD cards not compatible. [image]
2025-04-02 View on X
The Verge

Nintendo shares Switch 2 details: a 7.9", 120fps, 1080p display, larger Joy-Con controllers, 256GB of storage, 4K at 60fps when docked, and a new Pro Controller

Finally, some specs. … The device has a 7.9-inch screen, but it's still 13.99mm thick, like the first Switch.

2025-02-07
https://www.tweaktown.com/... “We remain highly confident that we will achieve sequential increases in, and record levels of, Net Bookings in Fiscal 2026 and 2027.” GTA 6 will be a big part of this growth.
2025-02-07 View on X
Reuters

Take-Two reports Q3 net bookings up 3% YoY to $1.37B, vs. $1.39B est., and reiterates GTA VI is set to launch in the fall of 2025; TTWO jumps 6%+ after hours

‘We Feel Really Good About It’ Jennifer Maas / Variety : ‘GTA 6’ on Course for Fall 2025, Take-Two CEO Says Paul Lilly / HotHardware : GTA 6 Publisher Issues Promising Update On Mo...

2025-01-30
Q2FY25 delivered the second-lowest Xbox HW revenue out of any holiday period in the last decade, second only to FY20's all-time holiday quarterly low of $815-$820 million. [image]
2025-01-30 View on X
Microsoft

Microsoft reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to $69.6B, Microsoft 365 Commercial products and cloud services revenue up 15% YoY, and net income up 10% YoY to $24.1B

Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Drives Second Quarter Results  —  REDMOND, Wash. — January 29, 2025 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …

2024-12-19
PlayStation architect Mark Cerny explains how Sony modified the PS5 Pro's GPU to facilitate PSSR upscaling. Sony customized the PS5 Pro's GPU by boosting WGPs by 67%, adding 44 machine learning shader instructions, & using vector registers as RAM. https://www.tweaktown.com/...
2024-12-19 View on X
Eurogamer.net

Sony details the PS5 Pro's specs, including an AMD RDNA 2 GPU and ray tracing improvements, and announces a long-term machine learning partnership with AMD

Plus: what this all means for future PlayStation hardware.  —  When Sony revealed the PlayStation 5 Pro, it did so in a very different manner …

Here's a quick breakdown of the PlayStation 5 Pro's GPU tech, and why Sony couldn't go all-in on RDNA 3 without essentially kicking off a new console generation in the process. https://www.tweaktown.com/...
2024-12-19 View on X
Eurogamer.net

Sony details the PS5 Pro's specs, including an AMD RDNA 2 GPU and ray tracing improvements, and announces a long-term machine learning partnership with AMD

Plus: what this all means for future PlayStation hardware.  —  When Sony revealed the PlayStation 5 Pro, it did so in a very different manner …

2024-10-06
Epic Games, who made $20 billion from a single game in less than a decade, is now “financially sound.” This also comes after years of spending millions on costly lawsuits, exclusivity deals, and PC freebies. And laying off 800+ people in 2023. https://www.tweaktown.com/...
2024-10-06 View on X
The Verge

An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more

Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees.

2024-09-08
Reminder that studios have to be willing to take the misses for an unknown period (such is the nature of a hit-driven business). Game Science suffered 4x failures in a row before they hit it big with Black Myth: Wukong. [image]
2024-09-08 View on X
Bloomberg

Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies

one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zhe...

@gibsonabr It's a big gamble. Def check out the full article for more context. Wu says they were in over their head multiple times. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-09-08 View on X
Bloomberg

Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies

one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zhe...

@gibsonabr Despite Wukong's success, the publisher (Hero Games) still is not profitable.
2024-09-08 View on X
Bloomberg

Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies

one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zhe...