Nintendo announced its event would run alongside the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) West show in September. In fact, Nintendo will very nearly miss having a summer show at all. And Nintendo buffs will be waiting for quite some time. Of the three major console makers out there, Nintendo is the only one left to show. Worse, Microsoft is not only flirting shamelessly with a new 52-week high every minute of every trading day, but it’s also about at its theoretical limit, according to analysts. That, too, suggests potential trouble ahead for the exact same reason it’s a problem for Sony. It’s well off its lows, set back in early November 2022, and is just now off a 52-week high. Availability problems reigned thanks to pandemic-related supply chain issues.Ī look at the last year in trading for Microsoft shares, meanwhile, suggests the exact same set of conditions as Sony.
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GameRant declared that Microsoft’s showcase was “the win Microsoft needed.” Microsoft got off to a rocky start, with sales of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S hampered by misunderstandings about what the consoles’ key differences were. Then, Bethesda showed up and unveiled “Starfield” gameplay ahead of its September release. Microsoft even had some hardware with its new, one-terabyte Xbox Series X, a great move given that the console doesn’t have a physical disc drive. “Cyberpunk 2077’s” massive downloadable content (DLC) entry, “Phantom Liberty,” got its first showing. Sequelmania hit in grand style with “Payday 3,” “Hellblade 2,” “Cities Skyline 2,” and more. The giant question mark that was “Avowed” got filled in a very big way. The long-lost return of “Fable” hit screens. Microsoft delivered as it brought out the dozen games that Sony already brought out and a range of heavy hitters from its own IP. Sony made a big splash with PS5 sales, handily blowing Microsoft out of the water, but to suggest that it’s squandering its lead is inevitable. This in and of itself might frighten more investors than it encourages how long can share prices sustainably break a 52-week record? Every time Sony gets above $100.95, it’s setting a new 52-week record. Sony is well off its lows from October 2022, and the stock is actually just off of a 52-week high. The only high point in the show was one that fans already knew for months was coming: “Spider-Man 2.” However, Sony did show off some new hardware that caught users’ engagement, including the Project Q Remote Play system and a set of PlayStation-themed earbuds.Ī look at Sony shares over the last year does suggest a positive trend.
Worse, the misfire showcase came out after a series of State of Play events that left Sony gamers cold, as Yahoo Entertainment revealed. Microsoft posted a collage of upcoming titles, from “Alan Wake 2” to “Marathon.” Immediately to the collage’s left was the damning phrase: “Coming to Xbox.” Microsoft took the opportunity to score points, posting an image on Twitter that did for it what the 2013 Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video did for Sony. At that point, Sony was no longer in the right ballpark of a successful show. Forbes’ Paul Tassi described one big reason: “PlayStation showed too many Xbox games in its disappointing showcase.” It didn’t help when Sony began showing trailers for the upcoming “Gran Turismo” movie. Sony’s show was widely regarded as a disappointment. Sony stepped up to the plate, sat down, and began dealing itself a hand of solitaire. We begin with Sony, who was first in the lineup for summer showcases. So, let’s have a look at the three biggest console makers out there-Sony ( NYSE:SONY), Microsoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT), and Nintendo ( OTHEROTC:NTDOF)-and see how their summers shaped up. New games give us a barometer by which video game stocks can be measured. With the Electronics Entertainment Expo-formerly E3-now about as dead as Sears, how new games are introduced to the public has changed wildly.
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