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Spending on physical games falls to lowest on record since 1995 — US console sales plunge 39% in July as memory costs push average price to $542

U.S. console hardware sales fell 39% by unit volume in July against a year earlier, while the average price paid for a new system rose 16% to $542.

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RAM shortage shoves PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo's US sales "to a July low not seen since 2020" as price concerns linger, analyst says

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all feeling it at the moment

GamesRadar

Halo: Campaign Evolved was the 4th most popular game on Xbox at launch in the US but only 29th on PS5, analyst says

That doesn't mean it's doing badly on PlayStation, though

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I asked, you answered: here’s whether you think the Nintendo Switch 2 is a hit or a flop, plus thoughts from industry insiders

I polled our audience on the success of the Nintendo Switch 2 just over a year from launch.

TechRadar

Xbox Game Pass failed to hit subscriber targets because most people don't play lots of games, says analyst, and going indie won't save it: "I don't see a solution"

"If anything was going to work, it would have been what they tried"

GamesRadar

Xbox Series X|S consoles U.S. sales see an impressive 86% jump in June 2026, as PS5 and Nintendo slide — "Highest units this year."

Is it the Asha Sharma effect? Xbox is seeing positive momentum in console sales for the first time in a long time, although it remains to be see if it can hold on.

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Industry analyst reports only 7 PlayStation games 'have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date' in the US, as fans demand Sony kill its plan to end the production of discs

Amid Sony's decision to retire the production of physical game discs, an analyst reports that physical PlayStation games aren't selling too well in the US.

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Only 7 PlayStation games have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, says analyst, as commenters demand discs without buying them

Put your money where your comment is

GamesRadar

Grieving Destiny 2 players on Steam boosted the game from 32nd place all the way up to 5th for US active users last month

That's quite the send-off

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"Good games will get cloned and buried" – AI vibe coding is one of the biggest threats on storefronts like Steam, analyst warns

Technology of the future!

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Nintendo probably won't ditch physical games just because PlayStation is, analyst predicts: "Nintendo is going to be Nintendo, for better and/or worse"

Sony's choice might not impact all sides of the medium

GamesRadar

As GTA 6 abandons discs, analyst reveals physical games sales in the US actually grew for the first time in 17 years

It might not be a sign of future growth, though

GamesRadar

Multiple retailers drop GTA 6 after physical version is confirmed to be a code in a box

"This decision is not a reflection of the game itself"

GamesRadar

GTA 6 not having a physical disk won't have any impact on Rockstar's sales, analyst predicts, and it might be even better for retailers

It does mean you won't be able to trade it in, though

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The Steam Machine could be weeks away from launch, as Valve confirms it will ship 'this summer' — but there's still no price tag, and experts think it could start at $1,200

Valve's Steam Machine officially has a new release schedule, but still doesn't have a set price, and analysts hint at what gamers have feared the most.

GamesRadar

Valve's Gabe Newell argued gamers "have enormous choice" when grilled over Steam's alleged monopoly on PC gaming – report

"Valve does not have a policy or practice of dictating prices to third-party software developers on other platforms"

GamesRadar

Donkey Kong 64 beat Pokemon mania to become the best-selling game of 1999 in the US

"Games sold at a different cadence in the late 90s than they do today"

Windows Central

Analysts react to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass price drop from CEO Asha Sharma, believe it "should help subscriber numbers grow" — "Not surprising at all"

Following Microsoft's huge Xbox Game Pass price drop last week, industry analysts have reacted to the cut and say they believe it will lead to growth.

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Resident Evil Requiem has sold 7 million copies in 2 months—a milestone that took the RE4 remake a year

Capcom celebrated the milestone with two delightful cakes.

TechRadar

Analysts say Xbox Game Pass price cut is 'not surprising at all' since Call of Duty's addition to the service 'did not lead to a significant increase in Xbox console sales or even subscriptions'

Industry analysts appear to agree that Microsoft's decision to slash the price of Xbox Game Pass and remove Call of Duty games as day-one launch titles was the right move.

Windows Central

Xbox's Starfield just topped US game sales for the first time since launch after its PS5 release — is Bethesda's RPG selling well on PlayStation after all?

Starfield was the best-selling game in the US during the same week that the Xbox RPG came to PS5 and got some sizable content updates from Bethesda.

GamesRadar

Starfield "was the best-selling video game of the week" in US for first time in nearly 3 years, reports analyst, despite Bethesda's rough PS5 port of the RPG

Some good news for a change

GamesRadar

Crimson Desert players average over 20 hours a week in the open-world game, blowing away almost everything else on consoles

Players are pouring in the hours, at least in the US

GamesRadar

PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible"

The PS5 Pro is about to cost $900, after all

GamesRadar

Epic Games lays off "over 1,000" people, CEO Tim Sweeney says "I'm sorry we're here again" and blames "the downturn in Fortnite engagement"

"Being the industry's vanguard we have taken a lot of bullets in a battle which is only in the early days of paying off for ourselves"

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