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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.

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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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Sparking Zero is the best-selling Dragon Ball game ever released in the US and Bandai Namco’s biggest published title outside of Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3

This is big news for Dragon Ball

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 smashes October 2024 sales and gives Xbox Game Pass a lift, too

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the best-selling game of October 2024, and it's given Xbox Game Pass subscriptions a boost as well.

Windows Central

A staggering 52% of US Xbox Series X|S players launched Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 the Monday after release, analyst says: "Bonkers engagement"

"Over HALF of all daily active players on a platform playing one game is bonkers engagement"

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Microsoft Pushes For Gaming Supremacy With 'Call Of Duty' Release

Microsoft's ambition to become the "Netflix of video games" faces a huge test this week with the release of "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6" on Friday.

International Business Times

OPINION: As Xbox Series X|S digital game sales reportedly hit a 91% share, Microsoft needs to ensure disc collectors don't get left behind with the next-gen Xbox — I think it's time to revive the "hated" 2013 disc-digital licensing model

Xbox digital games have reportedly hit a 91% share over physical discs, making the future of physical look bleak.

Windows Central

Despite lukewarm reception, Star Wars Outlaws is the third best-selling game of August 2024 in the US, per Circana report

Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws debuted in third place for August 2024, per Circana's sales report.

Windows Central

Sony might be 'testing the waters' with PS5 Pro price as analysts estimate PS6 to cost around $600

PS6 could cost "at least" $600 according to analysts - with PS5 Pro pricing potentially "testing the waters".

TechRadar

Analysts expect PS6 and next-gen Xbox to be "at least" $600: "PlayStation is clearly testing the waters with its PS5 Pro pricing"

"I certainly won't be surprised," another analyst says of hitting the $600 mark

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Long-awaited Ubisoft 'Star Wars' Game Hits Shelves

After more than four years in the making, French video game designer Ubisoft on Friday released its much-anticipated "Star Wars Outlaws", an immersive spinoff from the famed saga.

International Business Times

Microsoft Seeks To Win Over New Players At Gamer Gathering

Microsoft held its biggest video game stand ever at the sector trade show Gamescom in Germany on Wednesday, aiming to win over players after several rocky months of studio closures and rising fees.

Windows Central

EA Sports College Football 25 tackles July 2024 in the US — and it's already the best-selling game of the year, per Circana

EA Sports College Football 25 is the best-selling game of July 2024, per a new Circana report.

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The Nintendo Switch is on track to outsell the PlayStation 2 in the US

Nintendo Switch may actually pass the PS2's lifetime sales in the US, according to a trusted industry advisor.

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Elden Ring rockets back up in sales thanks to Shadow of the Erdtree expansion in June 2024, per Circana

Elden Ring climbed the sales charts to become the best-seller of June 2024 thanks to Shadow of the Erdtree, per Circana.

Windows Central

EA Sports College Football 25 soars to #3 on Xbox US daily active users, #4 on PS5, as the game fans waited 11 years for launches worldwide

EA Sports College Football 25 is the first new college football game in over a decade, and it's already soaring to the top of sales charts.

Windows Central

This PlayStation game was the best-seller of May 2024 in the US thanks to its PC version, per Circana

According to Circana, PlayStation's Ghost of Tsushima was the best-selling game of May 2024 in the U.S, largely driven by the launch of the game's PC version.

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Analyst says GTA 6's importance to the console market "cannot be overstated" as Sony and Microsoft try to get old-gen players to upgrade

PS4 and Xbox One holdouts could be tempted to convert once the current-gen exclusive GTA 6 releases

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Years after its RPGs' releases, Bethesda's Fallout series is once again smashing US sales charts: "That Fallout show - it did some work"

Uranium fever is spreadin' all around

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6 of the 20 best-selling games of April 2024 in the US were Xbox titles, per Circana

Fallout 4, Sea of Thieves, and four other Xbox games were some of the top 20 best-selling titles for April 2024 in the U.S, per Circana.

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Over half of Helldivers 2 sales have been on PC in the US: 'Already the 7th highest grossing Sony published game in history'

Helldivers 2 is already a bigger success in the US than Horizon and The Last of Us.

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