Microsoft is jacking prices on hardware, software, and peripherals. With costs going up while interest in Microsoft’s offerings declining, we have to wonder if Microsoft is applying pressure to push Game Pass. Also: Circana report on U.S. Video Game Spending for March 2025, Apple scores an own-goal and pisses off the Court and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the tabletop industry is in freefall, and EA lays off another 300 to 400 people. Oh, and you should probably start supporting indie games media, because things got even uglier for corporate-owned outlets this week.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:1:31] – GTA 6 Delay
- [00:12:06] – Circana for March 2025
- [00:17:43] – Devolver Digital Investor Presentation
- [00:24:36] – Microsoft Q3 FY25
- [00:45:36] – Investment Interlude
- [00:56:59] – Quick Hits
- [01:06:42] – Labor Report
- [01:24:58] – FAFO
SOURCES
- Earnings Release FY25 Q3 | Microsoft
- Investor Presentation – 2024 Results | Devolver Digital
- Devolver Digital lays off almost half of Reigns studio Nerial | Eurogamer
- A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store | The Verge
- New Epic Games Store Webshops and Revenue Share Update | Epic Games
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
LABOR REPORT
- Online board game seller Boardlandia shuts down after tariffs add “unsustainable burden” to company’s existing challenges | BoardGameWire
- CMON announces layoffs, will stop ‘all future game development’ and crowdfunding efforts | Polygon
- Report: Meta has laid off over 100 Reality Labs employees | Game Developer
- Mighty Yell Undergoes Layoffs | Mighty Yell on Bluesky
- Respawn Layoffs | Respawn on Twitter
- Electronic Arts Lays Off Hundreds, Cancels ‘Titanfall’ Game | Bloomberg (Paywall)