The US charts firm talks multi-platform launches and Switch 2 sales, while we reveal the biggest Donkey Kong launches of all time

Some interesting analysis from Mat Piscatella about the state of the industry.

  • Exclusives aren’t driving console purchases anymore, as evidenced by Forza Horizon 5 most of all.
  • Nintendo would likely benefit from this too, but they’re unlikely to do so anytime soon.
  • It’s too early to predict any sort of success for Switch 2, as the numbers they’re seeing right now may be little more than the supply being great enough to reach their biggest fans.
  • Overall demand for gaming hasn’t gone down and has stabilized. Those dollars won’t be distributed evenly, but the enthusiasts are showing up.
  • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The Switch 2 has not sold 20M units yet. They just hit 5M, and they’re projecting they’ll sell 15M by the end of the fiscal year, which is by March.

    Whops, sorry about that. Didn’t mean to inflate it voluntarily. I remembered 3M from the first few days, then checked update sources, got numbers mixed up in my head and somehow came up with 20M. That’s surely a wild number lol

    Thanks for catching that, would hate to spread disinfo like that.