Circana: US game console spending fell 27% in November to $695M, the lowest in the pivotal month for holiday shopping since 2005, after a tough year for makers
US spending on video game consoles fell 27% last month, marking the worst November in two decades as tariffs and rising component costs pushed prices to record highs.
Source: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after noticing third-party merchants were selling games in the US at prices below Nintendo's rates
both companies deny claims Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News : Amazon Not Selling Nintendo Switch 2 Video Game Consoles Alan Velasco / HotHardware : Nintendo Switch 2 Restock Update: Where Can You Fin...
A look at the Xbox Series X and PS5 markets, as holiday shoppers navigate a world of “purchase bot” resellers, retail memberships, and social media tips
New York Times : Tweets: @kellen_browning , @ennisnyt , @bernstein , @jake_randall_yt , and @johnpaczkowski Tweets: Kellen Browning / @kellen_browning : Extreme supply chain shortages have spawned a ...
European Commission proposes legislation mandating USB-C charging for mobile devices, citing electronic waste; Apple is the main USB-C holdout
an initiative it says will reduce environmental waste but that is likely to hit Apple the hardest. https://www.nytimes.com/... @fasterthanlime : Will Apple waste 45-55% energy efficiency to avoid comp...
Nintendo Switch, distributed in China by Tencent, has sold an estimated 1.3M+ units in 2020, almost 2x the combined 2020 sales of PS4 and Xbox One in China
Bloomberg : Tweets: @gibbogame , @cvxfreak , @arjunkharpal , and @stealth40k Tweets: David Gibson / @gibbogame : China 1.3m estimated by Niko versus 2.5m for Asia total in 9 months in 2020. Social ap...
TrendForce analysis of coronavirus on tech industry: smartphone production will decline 12% YoY this quarter, but next-gen game consoles should be unaffected
Smartphones expected to decline, while video game consoles should be unaffected — Supply-chain analytics provider TrendForce …
Xbox Live is back, but PlayStation Network is still down after Lizard Squad takes credit for Christmas outage
PlayStation and Xbox's networks are still recovering from a Christmas Day outage — Revelers opening brand-new PlayStation 4 or Xbox One video game consoles on Christmas …