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Nintendo Switch 2 Sets All-Time Launch Week Sales Record in the US, Beating Sony's PS4
Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 1.1 million units in its launch week ending June 7 in the US, data from Circana showed. The console has set a record for all-time launch week units sold for video game systems in the US, beating Sony's PS4.
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Nintendo Switch 2 and Sony PS5 Likely to Get Price Hikes Due to Tariffs
Nintendo and Sony Group are likely to raise prices on their game consoles in response to US tariffs. American consumers would pay as as much as 30% more for a Switch 2 or PlayStation 5 under the base-case scenario, which would imply pricing close to $590 (roughly Rs. 50,765) for the soon-to-be-released Nintendo flagship machine or Sony’s PS5 Astr...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Projected to Sell Over 14 Million Units in 2025, Mario Kart World to Drive Sales
Nintendo is estimated to sell 14.7 million of the new Switch 2 video-game consoles this year, as per Omida's research. The new console debuts on June 5 at a suggested retail price of $450 (roughly Rs. 38,390).
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Nintendo Switch 2 With 7.9-Inch LCD Display, Magnetic Joy-Cons Fully Unveiled; Will Launch June 5
Nintendo fully unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2 in a Direct presentation on Wednesday, finally providing a closer look at its next console. As seen in the first-look trailer in January, the Switch 2 is bigger and better, bringing upgrades to the original Switch in every department. The Nintendo Switch 2 features a 7.9-inch 1080p LCD screen that suppo...
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GTA 6, Nintendo Switch 2 Will Boost Consoles to Power Video Game Market Growth Until 2027, Research Says
The power of major console releases such as Sony's "Spider-Man" and "God of War" is driving players to spend more time on their consoles, Emmanuel Rosier, director of market analysis at Newzoo, told Reuters.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Gets Bigger and Better, but Has a Monumental Legacy to Follow
After a string of leaks and months of speculation, Nintendo finally revealed its next hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch 2, Thursday. In a video published on its social media channels, the Japanese company showed off a bigger, blacker and better successor to the phenomenally successful Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in 2025 and run...
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PS5 Pro Deep-Dive Details Technical Upgrades as Sony Announces New AMD Collaboration
Sony revealed the PlayStation Pro 5, the upgraded version of its current-gen console, in September. In a technical presentation, Mark Cerny, lead architect of the PS5, gave an overview of the PS5 Pro’s features. Cerny has now gone in-depth into the technical aspects of the console in a new deep-dive video, detailing the PS5 Pro’s advanced ray t...
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2023: Best Deals on Video Games on PS5, PS4, and Xbox Consoles
Amazon Great Indian Festival sale is into its fourth day, bringing discounts on a wide range of products and devices. The e-commerce giant is also offering an additional discount of 10 percent on SBI credit and debit card transactions. We’ve already covered the best deals on gaming consoles, gaming laptops and smartphones earlier. Here, we’ll t...
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Immortals of Aveum Review: Warlock Warfare
Immortals of Aveum is not interested in offering you a compelling narrative, deep gameplay systems, or total immersion into its world. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, because it does offer in plenty that one thing that video games should be — fun.
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Global Video Gaming Revenue Expected to Hit $187.7 Billion in 2023 as Console Sales Rise by Over 7 Percent
The global video games market would return to growth in 2023 on the back of strong sales of consoles such as Sony's PlayStation 5, according to gaming market research firm Newzoo. The research firm said it expects industry revenue to rise 2.6 percent to $187.7 billion (roughly Rs. 15,54,231 crore) in 2023, driven by a 7.4 percent rise in console sa...
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Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Gets US Green Light, UK's CMA Softens Stance
A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...
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Lost Sega Game With Michael Jackson's Footage Found In Car Boot Sale
This is the first known copy of the contents of the Scramble Training, and was sold at the car boot sale over the summer.
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UK Firm Creates Video Game Console For Dogs, Will Help Identify Dementia Risk
Apart from the game, JoiPaw has also created health tracker that can measure the number of steps a dog has taken.
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Microsoft Faces Full EU Antitrust Investigation Into $69 Billion Bid to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft will face a full EU probe into the publisher's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,62,500 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, after regulators warned about the deal's impact on competition on the markets for the distribution of console and PC video games. Meanwhile, Microsoft has stated that it would work with the EU antitrust watchdog to ...
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Microsoft-Activision Deal to Face UK, EU Probe: Report
Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision is reportedly expected to face a UK probe after the US tech giant failed to offer remedies to assuage competition concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had said earlier this month that takeover of the video game publisher Activision Blizzard by Microsoft could hurt the competition in gaming conso...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Sets All-Time Launch Week Sales Record in the US, Beating Sony's PS4
Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 1.1 million units in its launch week ending June 7 in the US, data from Circana showed. The console has set a record for all-time launch week units sold for video game systems in the US, beating Sony's PS4.
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Nintendo Switch 2 and Sony PS5 Likely to Get Price Hikes Due to Tariffs
Nintendo and Sony Group are likely to raise prices on their game consoles in response to US tariffs. American consumers would pay as as much as 30% more for a Switch 2 or PlayStation 5 under the base-case scenario, which would imply pricing close to $590 (roughly Rs. 50,765) for the soon-to-be-released Nintendo flagship machine or Sony’s PS5 Astr...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Projected to Sell Over 14 Million Units in 2025, Mario Kart World to Drive Sales
Nintendo is estimated to sell 14.7 million of the new Switch 2 video-game consoles this year, as per Omida's research. The new console debuts on June 5 at a suggested retail price of $450 (roughly Rs. 38,390).
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Nintendo Switch 2 With 7.9-Inch LCD Display, Magnetic Joy-Cons Fully Unveiled; Will Launch June 5
Nintendo fully unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2 in a Direct presentation on Wednesday, finally providing a closer look at its next console. As seen in the first-look trailer in January, the Switch 2 is bigger and better, bringing upgrades to the original Switch in every department. The Nintendo Switch 2 features a 7.9-inch 1080p LCD screen that suppo...
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GTA 6, Nintendo Switch 2 Will Boost Consoles to Power Video Game Market Growth Until 2027, Research Says
The power of major console releases such as Sony's "Spider-Man" and "God of War" is driving players to spend more time on their consoles, Emmanuel Rosier, director of market analysis at Newzoo, told Reuters.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Gets Bigger and Better, but Has a Monumental Legacy to Follow
After a string of leaks and months of speculation, Nintendo finally revealed its next hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch 2, Thursday. In a video published on its social media channels, the Japanese company showed off a bigger, blacker and better successor to the phenomenally successful Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in 2025 and run...
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PS5 Pro Deep-Dive Details Technical Upgrades as Sony Announces New AMD Collaboration
Sony revealed the PlayStation Pro 5, the upgraded version of its current-gen console, in September. In a technical presentation, Mark Cerny, lead architect of the PS5, gave an overview of the PS5 Pro’s features. Cerny has now gone in-depth into the technical aspects of the console in a new deep-dive video, detailing the PS5 Pro’s advanced ray t...
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2023: Best Deals on Video Games on PS5, PS4, and Xbox Consoles
Amazon Great Indian Festival sale is into its fourth day, bringing discounts on a wide range of products and devices. The e-commerce giant is also offering an additional discount of 10 percent on SBI credit and debit card transactions. We’ve already covered the best deals on gaming consoles, gaming laptops and smartphones earlier. Here, we’ll t...
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Immortals of Aveum Review: Warlock Warfare
Immortals of Aveum is not interested in offering you a compelling narrative, deep gameplay systems, or total immersion into its world. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, because it does offer in plenty that one thing that video games should be — fun.
-
Global Video Gaming Revenue Expected to Hit $187.7 Billion in 2023 as Console Sales Rise by Over 7 Percent
The global video games market would return to growth in 2023 on the back of strong sales of consoles such as Sony's PlayStation 5, according to gaming market research firm Newzoo. The research firm said it expects industry revenue to rise 2.6 percent to $187.7 billion (roughly Rs. 15,54,231 crore) in 2023, driven by a 7.4 percent rise in console sa...
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Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Gets US Green Light, UK's CMA Softens Stance
A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...
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Lost Sega Game With Michael Jackson's Footage Found In Car Boot Sale
This is the first known copy of the contents of the Scramble Training, and was sold at the car boot sale over the summer.
-
UK Firm Creates Video Game Console For Dogs, Will Help Identify Dementia Risk
Apart from the game, JoiPaw has also created health tracker that can measure the number of steps a dog has taken.
-
Microsoft Faces Full EU Antitrust Investigation Into $69 Billion Bid to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft will face a full EU probe into the publisher's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,62,500 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, after regulators warned about the deal's impact on competition on the markets for the distribution of console and PC video games. Meanwhile, Microsoft has stated that it would work with the EU antitrust watchdog to ...
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Microsoft-Activision Deal to Face UK, EU Probe: Report
Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision is reportedly expected to face a UK probe after the US tech giant failed to offer remedies to assuage competition concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had said earlier this month that takeover of the video game publisher Activision Blizzard by Microsoft could hurt the competition in gaming conso...
