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    Music Madonna: The Celebration Tour Copacabana Become the 5th Biggest Show in World

    Man… it was amazing. It was the last show of the 40th years of career for her and she give her all at 65 years old. And she moved a public of more than 1.6 million to watch her on stage… the 5th biggest public for a music artist in the world. Rod Stewart, Copacabana Beach, Rio de January...
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    Analysis Did you realize Microsoft already had their games ported to PS5 for a long time?

    MS is trying to become a 3rd-party publisher and for me it is no surprise because I called it in 2018 saying it was the only way to have a chance to Gamepass works. But what surprised me is that they were already cooking the launch of these games on PS5 (and Switch) for a year or more. Ports...
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    Discussion Apple Is Again Global Smartphone Leader Surpassing Samsung After 12 Years

    The news is being spread everything and while it is not direct related to videogames it show a trend imo. What made Samsung globally leader all these years? Because in US Apple sells more by a big margin (they had over 50% of the market across all players)… Samsung indeed sells a lot of Premium...
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    Analysis GamesIndustry.biz: The Year In Numbers 2023

    https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamesindustrybiz-presents-the-year-in-number-2023
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    Discussion Ampere 2023: PS5 22.5m (+65% YoY), Series 7.6m (-15% YoY), Switch 16.4m (-18% YoY)

    https://www.ft.com/content/3b89e9f7-e3cf-4e60-bfa4-987af24efa75
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    News Starfield Lead Designer Basically Said You Need to be a Developer to Say a Game is Bad

    They are in the angry phase yet. Remember… If you are not a developer you can’t criticize a game because you don’t understand it 😂😂😂...
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    News The Game Awards Receive String Backslash On How It Handled the Awards

    I noted the same yesterday... some awards were very rushed with no time to the dev that won it to talk and all (I mean it was very disrespectful to dev with Geoff just talking about the award... even the smaller awards in Oscar you see the people going to stage to receive the trophy). While...
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    News Square Enix Anual Report 2023 (FF 7M, DQ 3M, FF7 LTD 14.4M)

    The doc. https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/library/pdf/ar_2023en.pdf There is a better summary in install base...
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    Analysis Can I hold up to buy a Switch until next one?

    I want to buy the next one but my little boy keep asking me one now :D While that…
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    News Bandai Namco FY3/2024 Q2 Earnings (Operating Income Flat, Net Sales Up, Units Sales Down)

    Documents: https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/E_2024E5B9B43E69C88E69C9FE7ACAC2E59B9BE58D8AE69C9F.pdf https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/E_2023E5B9B4E5BAA62Q_E8A39CE8B6B3E8B387E69699(E88B.pdf https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/ir/financialstatements/pdf/20231107_Presentation.pdf Well the...
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    News Square Enix FY24 Q2 Earnings (Net Sales Up, Profit Down, FF: 185M)

    Documents: https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/news/pdf/24q2earnings.pdf https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/news/pdf/24q2release.pdf https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/news/pdf/24q2slides.pdf Consolidated results: Software: Forecast: Changes?
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    News Nintendo FY3/2024 Q2 Earnings (Switch Q2: 2.93M / LTD: 132.46M)

    Documents: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/231107e.pdf https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/231107_4e.pdf Consolidated results: Switch: Digital:
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    Leak Microsoft Expect to Sell 56-59 Million Series with the "Mid-gen refresh"

    By 2027. BTW that means they expect to reach 30 million next year.
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    News How Much Microsoft Needs to Pay to Have Games on Day One on Gamepass (Leak)

    With all these leaks... that one was the more interesting to me. They were fucked from the start. GTA V - $12-$15M/mth Red Dead 2 - $5M/mth Suicide Squad - $250M Star Wars Jedi Survivor - $300M Mortal Kombat 1 - $250M Baldur's Gate 3 - $5M (well before huge success) Gotham Knights - $30M...
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    News Bethesda On Starfield's Big, Empty Planets: Not Every Location "Is Supposed To Be Disney World"

    I own't quote parts of the interview so read yourself. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bethesda-on-starfields-big-empty-planets-not-every-location-is-supposed-to-be-disney-world/1100-6517418/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f IMO metaphorically saying it is a game and games are suppose to be THE DISNEY...
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    News GSD: Best Selling Digital Games of 2023

    https://www.mm.be/news-fr-70757-sparkers-des-data-et-des-jeux?utm_content=262881949&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-1435882132073816064 BTW they now are directly tracking Japan and Asia... the only big ones left are US and Canada.
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    News Behind the Paywall Price Rise Gate, FFXVI got a 30% Discount in PS Store

    UPDATED: It is not only on PS Store (sorry by the title) it is for retail too... physical copies got that official temporary discount until September 16. Digital PS Store: 20% off Physical in Retail: 29% off ORIGINAL: That is probably part of the Square Enix plan to increase the game sales.
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    Discussion One Piece by Netflix Goes Live on Aug 31 (Your opinions matter here)

    Well for these that follow the manga or anime what to do you thing? Share your fears and sexy enjoyments before and after what the show that goes live on August 31 at Netflix. Official Trailer.
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    News PS5 Gets a Temporary €100 Price Cut Accross Europe

    Remember when Sony talked about taking actions to increase the sales of PS5 to reach they FY target after a less than expected Q1? Seems like it is starting... A lot of retailers in several countries are showing the new temporary €100 Price. From the ones I checked I can say Germany...