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Xbox Game Pass Subscription Cancellations Explained: Why 40% of Gamers Are Rethinking Whether It Is Worth the Cost

Circana research shows rising numbers of recent Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online cancellers say subscription costs no longer fit their budgets.

International Business Times UK · Sep 15

Spending on physical games falls to lowest on record since 1995 — US console sales plunge 39% in July as memory costs push average price to $542

U.S. console hardware sales fell 39% by unit volume in July against a year earlier, while the average price paid for a new system rose 16% to $542.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 22

RAM shortage shoves PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo's US sales "to a July low not seen since 2020" as price concerns linger, analyst says

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all feeling it at the moment

GamesRadar · Aug 20

Industry analyst reports only 7 PlayStation games 'have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date' in the US, as fans demand Sony kill its plan to end the production of discs

Amid Sony's decision to retire the production of physical game discs, an analyst reports that physical PlayStation games aren't selling too well in the US.

TechRadar · Jul 21

Only 7 PlayStation games have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, says analyst, as commenters demand discs without buying them

Put your money where your comment is

GamesRadar · Jul 20

Grieving Destiny 2 players on Steam boosted the game from 32nd place all the way up to 5th for US active users last month

That's quite the send-off

GamesRadar · Jul 17

"Good games will get cloned and buried" – AI vibe coding is one of the biggest threats on storefronts like Steam, analyst warns

Technology of the future!

GamesRadar · Jul 14

Nintendo probably won't ditch physical games just because PlayStation is, analyst predicts: "Nintendo is going to be Nintendo, for better and/or worse"

Sony's choice might not impact all sides of the medium

GamesRadar · Jul 2

As GTA 6 abandons discs, analyst reveals physical games sales in the US actually grew for the first time in 17 years

It might not be a sign of future growth, though

GamesRadar · Jun 26

Multiple retailers drop GTA 6 after physical version is confirmed to be a code in a box

"This decision is not a reflection of the game itself"

GamesRadar · Jun 24