Dark-Hox🇮🇷

I'm not a businessperson so I can't pretend to know the financial side of things, but I hope this has all served as a huge wake up call for Playstation leadership - it would seem so given all the cancelations and realignment. It's just unfortunate it came at the cost of closing down studios and wasting years. I'm glad people at Haven at least kept their jobs at least. I think it's OK to want to try your hand at a multiplayer game every now and then if you think you've got something actually special (Helldivers 2 🤘), but not with over half of your teams. Focus on what made so many players love your stuff in the first place - strong single player experiences, iconic characters, memorable adventures. Let the third parties make big MP games and just get your cuts there. You're sitting on tons of awesome IP. Try to figure out how to go about it smartly, modest budgets, and no more chasing the live service golden goose.

USA in Video Games | September 2026 Report ▪️Year-on-year total spend dropped -1% to $4.8B for the month ▪️Video game content spending declined -2% to $4.1B ▪️Hardware spend increased YoY by +12% ▪️Marvel's Wolverine was the best selling game of September, debuting as the 11th best-selling game of the year ▪️Marvel’s Wolverine generated the highest launch month sales revenue for a Sony published title since Helldivers II in February 2024 ▪️PS5 was the best-selling console in both units and revenue, followed by Switch 2 ▪️PS5 consoles sold increased +22% vs Sept 2025, revenue grew +43% ▪️Sony’s dollar share of the video game hardware market reached its highest point in a month since May 2025 ▪️Xbox unit sales fell -27% vs Sept 2025, revenue decreased -2% ▪️Xbox console sales fell to an all-time September low (previous record low was a year ago) ▪️Switch 2 unit sales dropped -14% YoY, revenue decreased -12% ▪️NBA 2K27 surpassed Resident Evil: Requiem to become the best-selling game of 2026 YTD ▪️Total August 2026 video game hardware unit sales fell -15% vs a year ago to 559K units, the lowest total for an August month since 2013 (423K units) ▪️Spending on new physical software increased +5% YTD due to a 631% increase in spend on Switch 2 Game Key Cards, offsetting -3% drop across all other new physical media ▪️Accessories spending jumped +10% YoY ▪️Limited Edition Wolverine DualSense was September’s best-selling accessory in both units and dollars Via: Mat Piscatella/Circana (formerly NPD) #PlayStation #Xbox #Nintendo