Derek Strickland

TL;DR: Nintendo plans to maximize Switch 2 sales, potentially reaching 20 million units in the first year, according to analyst Robin Zhu. Despite robust production, analysts predict supply constraints due to high demand. The Switch 2 could sell 4.3 million units in the U.S. in 2025, with total sales possibly reaching 80 million by 2028. Gone are the days of artificial scarcity: Nintendo intends to sell as many Switch 2 consoles as possible, and one

TL;DR: Microsoft has clarified reports about Xbox’s financial performance, highlighting record revenues of $21.52 billion in FY24, with Activision contributing $7.42 billion. Microsoft has responded to recent reports from The Information regarding the Xbox business. VIEW GALLERY – 5 IMAGES Days ago, The Information posted up a paywalled article discussing the state of the Xbox business. The picture seems dire. Janus Henderson Investors portfolio manager Denny Fish says that Activision “has been disappointing” revenue-wise, and

TL;DR: Nintendo announced the Switch 2 console, set for a 2025 release, featuring upgraded hardware and new JoyCon functionalities, including a mysterious button and optical tracking sensors. The JoyCons can function as mice and attach via a magnetic rail system. More details will be revealed in a Nintendo Direct on April 2, 2025. Nintendo has finally announced the Switch 2 console, and the upgraded hardware comes with some interesting new upgrades. VIEW GALLERY – 3

TL;DR: Analysts predict Nintendo’s upcoming Switch successor may face supply constraints post-launch, similar to past releases. The Switch 2 is expected to sell 4.3 million units in the U.S. in 2025. One analyst believes Nintendo’s new Switch successor could be tough to find shortly after launch–this makes it potentially similar to other hardware releases from the Japanese toy-maker. VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Although Nintendo has yet to announce or reveal its new Switch 2

TL;DR: Valve announced the best-selling Steam games of 2024, highlighting new entries like Helldivers II, Palworld, and Black Myth: Wukong, each selling over 10 million copies. Established titles like Baldur’s Gate 3, Counter-Strike, and Destiny 2 also featured prominently. Steam set a new concurrent player record of 39.3 million. 2025 is here, and Valve has now capped off the new year by revealing the best-selling and best-earning Steam games of the prior year. VIEW GALLERY

TL;DR: The United States Patent and Trademark Office published a Nintendo patent for AI-based image upscaling that uses dedicated hardware registers and cores for machine-learned transformation. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has published a new Nintendo patent for AI-based image upscaling, giving us an idea of the kind of tech being used in the upcoming Switch 2 console. VIEW GALLERY – 4 IMAGES Note: The following patent was published on December 31, 2024

TL;DR: Sony chose this route for profitability and to simplify game development, avoiding the complexities of creating a new handheld platform. Sony gives a pretty clear explanation on why the PlayStation Portal isn’t natively running games like the PS Vita or Nintendo Switch. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The $199 PlayStation Portal is a curious device–it started out as only supporting Remote Play, meaning gamers already had to have a PlayStation 5 in order to

TL;DR: Sony released its first Nintendo Switch game, LEGO Horizon Adventures, signaling a potential shift towards more multi-platform PlayStation games. PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst says the team aims to expand its community with titles Horizon Adventures. Sony technically released its very first Nintendo Switch game with LEGO Horizon Adventures, and it sounds like more multi-platform PlayStation games could be on the way. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES 2024 saw pretty much everyone breaking game

TL;DR: PlayStation is expanding into mobile gaming, aiming to leverage its IPs for synergy with console games. Sony plans to collaborate with external partners initially, as seen with Destiny: Rising, developed by NetEase Games. This strategy may lead to mobile versions of AAA games, enhancing PlayStation’s presence in the lucrative mobile market. Having already dominated traditional console gaming and broken onto PC, PlayStation is now moving into gaming’s most lucrative market. But what does the

TL;DR: At The Game Awards 2024, Larian Studios’ Swen Vincke critiqued the video game industry’s current state, emphasizing the importance of passion and respect in publisher-developer relationships. In a speech at The Game Awards 2024, Larian boss Swen Vincke delivered a critique of the modern video games industry while underlining the push-pull dynamics of publisher-developer relationships. Gaming isn’t in the best place right now, and while the industry has raked in around $184 billion in