Persona 5 Skyrocketed From Modest 6 Million Pre‑release Sales
Worth remembering that the Persona franchise had only sold around 6 million units prior to the release of Persona 5.
DW3 Remastered’s “Retro” Costumes Are Original PS2 Models
I was wondering what they meant about having an option for retro costumes for the characters in Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered, when the costumes are already the retro ones (but in HD). Turns out it's literally just the PS2 models from...
Asia‑MENA Gaming Spend Hits $104B, India Leads Growth
NEW: Player spending on video game software and services will reach $104 billion across Asia & MENA by 2030. The total number of players will reach 2 billion in 2030 too. Player spending on video games in Asia & MENA increased...
Tencent Unleashes GenAI Across Games, Tools, and Workflows
As an aside, if you want to know how Asian game companies are embracing GenAI, here's a list of what Tencent alone announced this week. 1. Upgraded AI game companion for Honor of Kings 2. AI powered UGC tools for Peacekeeper...
Switch 2 Sales Slump After Price Hike, Future Looks Bleak
Just to put this into perspective, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold around half a million units in Japan since the price increase was announced (So expect sales to plummet next week). I won't comment on PS5, because... look at...
Xbox Secured Same-Day Call of Duty on Switch 2
Worth remembering that Microsoft Gaming, sorry XBOX, signed a 10 year legal agreement in 2023 to bring Call of Duty titles to Nintendo platforms on the same day as Xbox with full feature and content parity. Now that Switch 2 is...
Chinese Homegrown GPU Impresses Yet Trails RTX 4060
Fwiw, this is one of the first GPUs from a homegrown firm so the "It's as good as a RTX 4060" line has some caveats. While it can hit 56fps in Wukong, the 4060 can double that easily. The primary...
Capcom Sells over 1M Games in Eight Key Markets
One of the more interesting slides from Capcom's financial report shows where it sells the most games. The United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Germany, China and Japan are the markets where Capcom sold over 1 million games last year. This...
Capcom Leverages GenAI, Expands Workforce by 6%
Capcom has a slide in its FY26 earnings presentation on using Generative AI to improve game development efficiency and productivity. It also plans to increase its workforce by 6% this year. (Like I've been saying, all your faves are using...
Mixtape's Hype Missed Me; I'll Stick to Other Games
My take on Mixtape is that the high review scores were surprising, but it's not for me and I'm going to play other games instead of spending hours online analyzing every small detail and arguing with randoms about how it...
Investors Overreact to Hardware Forecast, Software Uncertainty
Price increase, lower hardware sales forecast, and lack of visibility on software pipeline have investors spooked. I think the concern is a bit overblown fwiw.
Game's $500M Budget Outpaces All Competitors
I do like how the estimate has a range of $500 million, which would be a higher budget than pretty much every other game.
Buy PS6 on Launch to Dodge Future Price Hike
"It's too early for the PS6" Uh, you better buy that PS6 on day 1 so you're not paying $500 extra 1 year later.
Nintendo Faces $640M Hit, Switch 2 Costs Rise $40
Nintendo reporting that it expects a 100 billion yen ($640 million) impact this fiscal year (April 2026 - March 2027) as a result of rising component prices and tariffs. Based on the 16.5m unit forecast for Switch 2, that's around...
Pokémon Pokopia Drives Nintendo's Forecast Success
The big standout from Nintendo's earnings in terms of software is Pokémon Pokopia which has sold over 4m units in 5 weeks on a console with a less than 20m install base. With increased hardware prices, it'll be first party...