NPD: “Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of January in both unit and dollar sales”

NPD: “Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of January in both unit and dollar sales”

As always, NPD‘s monthly report is not just for software. they also discuss hardware sales. For January 2020, the Nintendo Switch saw a very familiar trend continue. NPD analyst Mat Piscatella says that the “Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of January in both unit and dollar sales”. There was one key difference, though….

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Alas, it’s been estimated that WoW’s $90 FOMO dinosaur mount probably made Blizzard around $15-17 million, and at this point I think we all deserve to be here

Dear reader, I have a lot of positive words to say about World of Warcraft recently. The way Blizzard and its developers have clawed their way back from the pits of hell in Shadowlands is downright commendable, and the game is in one of the best states it’s been in in years. Not perfect, mind…

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‘It’s the definition of insanity here’: The Battlefield subreddit’s good vibes nosedive into outrage after DICE announces there’ll be no class weapon restrictions in Battlefield 6

Yesterday, things over on the Battlefield subreddit looked downright idyllic—or at least as idyllic as something can look when it’s packed full of footage of tanks toppling buildings and helicopters getting shot out of the sky. Thanks to a tidal wave of leaked Battlefield 6 footage, players were sharing their excitement about the series seemingly…

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Intel says its graphics drivers are now ‘light years ahead of where we were a few years ago’, and they’ll need to be if it’s going to tempt gamers towards its new iGPUs

Intel’s claims that its new Panther Lake-based Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips are up to 77% faster than Lunar Lake in terms of iGPU gaming performance are, on the surface, very impressive. One question hung in my mind, though—what about driver support? Traditionally, Intel’s graphics drivers have been a mixed bag, something that Intel’s…

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NZXT class action lawsuit settlement includes $3 million in damages, and some buyers will get to keep their rented PCs

Filed in the district court for the Northern District of California last week, a proposed settlement to the class action lawsuit against NZXT for its Flex program has been preliminarily approved. If all goes through, it would grant approximately $3,450,000 to those affected by the scheme. As pointed out by Ars Technica, part of this…

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UK Charts: Mario Kart World Returns To Pole Position

After Death Stranding 2 delivered solid results. This week’s UK physical game charts are in, and it’s back to business as usual for Mario Kart World. After being overtaken by the critically-acclaimed Death Stranding 2, the Switch 2 launch title has stormed back to number one, with EA Sports FC 25 snatching up second spot,…

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 8/15/2017

The veteran developers at Housemarque are no strangers to arcade action. Following in the footsteps of Super Stardust HD, Dead Nation, Resogun, and Nex Machina, Matterfall takes the stage as the next explosive twin-stick shooter to arrive on PlayStation. Fusing classic 2D platforming with dizzying bullet hell mechanics, Matterfall will push players to the limit….

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October Savings Hit PlayStation Store

October is almost over, but the savings are just getting started with deals up to 50 percent at PlayStation Store. Fall into the open-world adventures of Slime Rancher, the rugged competition of MXGP 2019 – The Official Motocross Videogame, quirky physics-driven puzzles of Human: Fall Flat, and more! Check out the full lineup of games…

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