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"We're in kind of unprecedented territory": Analyst says there's hope for a Switch 2 and GTA 6 bump, but "are you going to pick food, or are you going to pick a new game?"

"The biggest competition for Switch 2 is going to be Switch 2 supply and the tariffs," says Circana's Mat Piscatella

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After 9 years in Wii U prison, sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X debuts as March's best-selling Switch game in the US, kicking Mario Kart 8 into second place

Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally getting the attention it deserves

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Assassin's Creed Is Finally Delivering On Its Long-Lost Promise

'Assassin's Creed Shadows' is officially one of the year's top-sellers, proving there's still plenty of life in Ubisoft's aging franchise.

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Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders Over Trump Tariffs

The company previously dropped out of the Brazilian market for five years until the country relaxed its tariffs on video games.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sold 5 times more than the original in its first month

That number is US sales, but it suggests Warhorse's purse is overflowing with groschen.

PC Gamer

Despite Monster Hunter Wilds suffering monstrous performance problems on PC, it still outsold the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in the US

"Launch week dollar sales were the largest for a title since the debut of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6"

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Fortnite is the "biggest competitor" to any newly launched video game, says analyst

Speaking with Kinda Funny Games, Circana executive director and analyst Mat Piscatella noted that Fortnite is the biggest threat to any newly-launched game.

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Gamers Could Pay Billions After Tariffs

Ahead of President Trump's imposed tariffs, the Entertainment Software Association has released a note about the effects it could have on video games.

Inverse

Analysts predict Switch 2 might struggle with attracting mainstream buyers for the same reason Wii U failed: "I can imagine 'normies' being a bit confused"

Oh, awesome, another portable handheld device!

GamesRadar

Potential US tariffs could hike game prices and hurt physical releases

Potential US import tariffs could raise game prices and hit physical releases.

TechRadar

Leading analysts predict the Nintendo Switch 2 could shift anywhere between 14 million and 20 million units in its first year - if Nintendo can keep up with demand

That'd likely mean shifting more consoles than the Nintendo Switch did in a similar timeframe

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Nintendo Switch 2 launch price won't "really matter," analyst says, because early Nintendo buyers "aren't very price-sensitive" anyway – if it's not "egregious," it will sell

I'm certainly hoping to buy one

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Veteran analyst expects Switch 2 to be "a massive success," but doesn't see it matching the "outlier" that was the Switch 1: "It could happen, but it's not likely"

Lightning doesn't strike twice

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The Video Games Bedeviling Elon Musk

Skepticism rages about whether Elon Musk actually put in the hours to become a top player of video games "Diablo IV" and "Path of Exile 2."

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Nintendo Switch 2 will hit 4.3 million units sold in the US in its first year, according to analyst

Analyst expects PS5 to still outsell Nintendo Switch 2 in the US in 2025.

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Analyst predicts Switch 2 supply will struggle with "significant early demand surge," PS5 will still end up the best-selling hardware for US in 2025

Circana forecasts 4.3 million units Switch 2 units sold in the US by the end of the year

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Despite "a rocky couple of years," analyst reckons Xbox's console war is "actually looking pretty bright" - "If you look at the PlayStation sales chart, you see a lot of Microsoft on there"

"You look at their results in their earnings reports, and you go, okay, that looks pretty darn good"

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Indiana Jones was the second best-selling game in the US its debut week, behind another Xbox property

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sees solid sales debut in its first full week, reaching second place behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, another Microsoft-owned IP.

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As the Switch 2 approaches, analyst agrees Nintendo plays a different game than PlayStation and Xbox - but "maybe not as much as Nintendo themselves might believe"

"The way that consumers will buy Nintendo devices in conjunction with a PlayStation or an Xbox or a PC."

Inverse

Leak Suggests Switch 2 Will Finally Fix The Original’s Most Notorious Problem

The latest Nintendo Switch 2 leak includes the handheld's name, Joy-Con innovations, and a mysteriously powerful new dock.

GamesRadar

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is one of the best-selling games in Bandai Namco history: "A nice surprise in a year that's been kind of rough overall," says analyst

Sparking Zero is also the best-selling Dragon Ball game to date

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Veteran analyst is optimistic about Switch 2, hopes it will "more clearly communicate how this is different than the Switch" than the Wii U did with Wii

Nintendos and don'ts

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As the live service wars continue, analyst says games like Black Myth: Wukong, Palworld, and Helldivers 2 prove it's hard to predict the next hit: "All bets are off"

"Right now, these kinds of games are the ones that are winning"

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As ex-PlayStation boss suggests consoles are becoming "irrelevant," veteran analyst predicts they'll become "more open," but "Nintendo will be the absolute last people to do that"

For Nintendo, "you're probably looking 2040 something, if not later," Mat Piscatella predicts

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Analyst says 2025's GTA 6 and Nintendo Switch 2 combo is almost unprecedented: "I don't remember a year like this where so much of what's going to happen is focused on just two products"

"My expectation for the year is going to be determined by if and when new Nintendo hardware and Grand Theft Auto 6 show up and how successful they are"

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