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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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"I could see $1,000": Steam Machine is "a PC with console benefits" and console hardware struggles, analyst says, and "whatever the next Xbox thing is, it's going to be just like it in a lot of ways"

Valve's living room box faces major production challenges this year

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Peak's "8 bucks is still 5 bucks" view is a genuine look "behind the curtain" at "vibes pricing" across the industry, analyst says: "70 bucks seems right. All right, we'll try that"

"Is this a $60 game?"

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PC gamers and Steam customers are "a really bright spot" as the games industry struggles with pricing and sustainability, analyst says: "We can look at an audience that's excited to try new things"

PC gaming "has a lot of positives" that are extra positive right now

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Nintendo Switch 2 is still the fastest-selling console in tracked US history – though its bonkers sales numbers haven't beaten the handheld Game Boy Advance

The power of GBA

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"Hardware prices will not fall": Industry analysts are "extremely concerned about" console prices, wouldn't be shocked if the Nintendo Switch 2 costs more in 2026

Happy new year

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New data shows that only 1.6 million units of video game hardware were sold in the US in November, making it the worst month since 1995

Video game hardware and physical software sales just had their worst November in the United States since 1995, despite the holiday season.

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Physical Video Game Copies Face Extinction Risk as Sales Hit Worst Month in Decades

Sales of physical video games have plunged after the market recorded its worst month in decades, raising fears that boxed copies could soon disappear.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 topped the US sales charts in November 2025 — but it's down compared to Black Ops 6

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is the best-selling game of November 2025 in the U.S, per Circana, but is down compared to 2024's Black Ops 6.

Windows Central

Game hardware is now $200 more expensive on average than it was in 2019, according to industry analyst: "It could potentially be catastrophic"

That's not good, is it?

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A machine you've almost certainly never heard of just spent a week beating the PS5 as the second best-selling games console in the US behind the Switch 2

The Nex Playground reigns (almost) supreme

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Call of Duty has been the biggest-selling shooter in the US since 2006, but that could soon change according to industry analyst: 'This part of the market hasn't been this competitive in 20 years'

Activision's shooter was last beaten at its own game in the US by the original Gears of War.

PC Gamer

In October 2025, a full 205 months after the ill-fated life sim Spore first launched, someone walked into a store, found an old DVD copy on a shelf, and bought it

Fess up: Which one of you was it?

PC Gamer

AAA games like the $70 Ghost of Yotei are really just for "more affluent people," says analyst, as soaring prices push players toward free games and Fortnite: "People just don't realize, because they're not paying attention"

Well...start paying attention, folks

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"In other words, 72% don't know what a monopoly is," analyst says of study that finds 72% of game devs "see Steam as a monopoly"

"Market share isn't what defines a monopoly, folks"

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A physical launch sales in the US were the biggest for a new title since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released in 2023

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is the biggest physical game launch in the US since the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in 2023.

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As the PS2 turns 25, its top 20 best-selling US games are revealed: GTA is still on top, and Kingdom Hearts beats Final Fantasy 10

Here we go again...

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The most mid Square Enix game in existence, Balan Wonderworld, shocks the nation and sells a single copy in the US this September: "Somebody made the conscious decision to pick up that game"

Balan Wonderworld lives

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PS5 sales are looking good despite recent price hikes, officially overtaking the PS3 in lifetime sales in the US

The PlayStation 5 has officially outsold the PlayStation 3 in lifetime sales as of September 2025.

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"It did great": Ghost of Yotei sales are matching the famously efficient Ghost of Tsushima in the US, analyst says

Ghost of Yotei is doing famously in its first month

TechRadar

Nintendo Switch 2 US sales data for its first three months is in, and it's outpacing the previous record set by PlayStation 4

The PlayStation 4 sold 2.2 million units in the US in its first three months - Nintendo Switch 2 has just beaten that record.

GamesRadar

Mario Kart 8 has outsold Mario Kart World for 2 months straight in the US, but since "over 80%" of Switch 2 owners already have World via console bundle, that "kind of makes it impossible" to outdo the 11-year series GOAT

Not even a new Mario Kart can stop 8's reign of sales supremacy

GamesRadar

Silksong is huge, but it's way huger on PC: Steam was Team Cherry's biggest US platform, analyst says, and the game didn't even break top 50 on PlayStation

This just in, Hollow Knight: Silksong is a computer game

Windows Central

Xbox scores multiple top 10 hits while game subscription spending surges in July — but Nintendo still dominates hardware sales

Game subscription services in the U.S. are continuing to grow, per Circana's July 2025 figures, while several Xbox and Nintendo games have big debuts.

TechRadar

Two million Nintendo Switch 2 have sold in the US, outperforming its predecessor by 75%

Nintendo Switch 2's second month on sale has been a rousing success, outpacing the original console by 75% in the US.

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