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Games Industry In Search Of New Winning Combo At Gamescom 2025

The global games industry gathers for the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne this week, with hopes that upcoming heavy-hitters like "GTA VI" can help the industry escape its doldrums.

International Business Times

"The biggest competitor to Grand Theft Auto 6 will be Grand Theft Auto 5," says industry analyst, because AAA is struggling against the live-service behemoths it created years ago

"It's wild times to be trying to make new video games"

GamesRadar

As the industry waits for GTA 6 to land like a meteor, analyst highlights the widening gap in games: "The winners are winning bigger, and everyone else is scrambling for a smaller piece of the pie"

"That available pie for those titles and services that aren't the biggest in the market, that pie is shrinking"

GamesRadar

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Take-Two boss says good games are the new bad games: "Some of our competitors have realized maybe a little late in the day that consumers are not okay with okay"

"Good is the new bad, great is the new great"

GamesRadar

Analyst warns that we're in the 'Wild West' of game prices - 'people still buy these games at these high price points'

Don't expect uniform game prices any time soon, a prominent industry analyst has warned.

TechRadar

$80 games have retreated for now, but analyst says the old $60 or $70 pricing model is dead in the "Wild West" of 2025: "I know a lot of people don't like it, but people still buy these games at these high price points"

"There's going to be billions of eyes looking at everything Grand Theft Auto does next year, no matter what it is

GamesRadar

Analyst says stumbles like Monster Hunter Wilds' PC fiasco are only getting uglier with intense competition: "A prominent streamer or YouTuber can single-handedly, by showing one screenshot, really impact what the perception of a game is"

"Wilds is a very interesting case, because the fan base was so enthusiastic, so dedicated, so loyal, that they really showed up day one"

GamesRadar

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New data shows Xbox is utterly dominating PlayStation's storefront — accounting for 60% of the Q2 top 10 game sales spots

Imagine this scenario a few years ago. It's no longer PlayStation, but Xbox itself that is now the biggest sales force on Sony's own console ecosystem.

Windows Central

As Nintendo Switch 2 breaks records, game subscription spending hits another all-time high in the US — boding well for Xbox Game Pass?

As the Nintendo Switch 2 dominates hardware sales in June, video game subscription spending is continuing to rise, per Circana.

Windows Central

Nintendo finally beat a record held by the PS4 for 12 years, as the Switch 2 becomes the "fastest selling video game hardware device in US history"

A new king sits atop the throne

GamesRadar

After discourse around Xbox Game Pass being an "unsustainable model," industry analyst says that the likes of Fortnite and Marvel Rivals are a "far bigger threat"

The live service boom is "sucking nearly half of all gaming hours" on PlayStation and Xbox

GamesRadar

Nintendo Switch 2 beats PS4 to set sales record in the US with Mario Kart World, Cyberpunk 2077, and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as its best-selling games

79% of buyers also picked up Mario Kart World

GamesRadar

Xbox dominates April 2025 sales charts in the US as Oblivion Remastered sells far faster than the original game

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered was the best-selling game of April 2025 in the U.S, per the latest Circana report.

Windows Central

Circana: Xbox may have finally seen some solid YoY hardware growth, both in units and retail sales

Finally, some good news for Xbox's hardware ecosystem. With the Nintendo Switch waning, Xbox Series X|S saw some green shoots ahead of full price rises.

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Nintendo Switch 2's huge third-party support is something "we haven't seen" from Nintendo "maybe ever, but at least for a long time, maybe even since the GameCube," analyst says

Circana's Mat Piscatella reckons third-party support is one of the most interesting aspects of Switch 2

GamesRadar

It took Oblivion Remastered a single week to become the third best-selling game of 2025 behind Assassin's Creed Shadows and Monster Hunter Wilds

Oblivion Remastered was also the best-selling game of that week, but that's less surprising

GamesRadar

Nintendo Switch 2 anticipation partly fueled by "palpable desperation" in the world, analyst says, and people wanting "something to bring joy" no matter the launch games

The world is hard and cold, but the Nintendo Switch 2 has Mario Kart World

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Oblivion Remastered is already the third-best-selling game of 2025 in the US, industry analyst says

It took less than a week for Oblivion Remastered to become one of the biggest successes of 2025.

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Analysts react to GTA 6 delay: "2025 will clearly be the year of Nintendo now" and "the delay isn't a stumble – it's Rockstar doing what it always does"

"The double whammy that was supposed to revitalize the game industry overall is now called off," one analyst says

GamesRadar

"I don't think anyone benefits in 2025 from this": GTA 6 delay is bad news for the games industry, analyst says, adding to "nightmare scenario territory" following Xbox price hike

Mat Piscatella says GTA 6 "was going to be a big driver of what success potential the holiday season had"

GamesRadar

GTA 6 2026 release delay live blog - All the information and reactions live

Everything we know so far about the GTA 6 2026 delay and the reactions from the industry

GamesRadar

$80 Switch 2 and now Xbox games aren't a big shock, analyst says, and games haven't really been $70 for a while: "The average price people are paying ... is much higher"

"Was expected to happen. Is now happening. Will be happening more."

GamesRadar

"We're in kind of unprecedented territory": Analyst says there's hope for a Switch 2 and GTA 6 bump, but "are you going to pick food, or are you going to pick a new game?"

"The biggest competition for Switch 2 is going to be Switch 2 supply and the tariffs," says Circana's Mat Piscatella

GamesRadar

After 9 years in Wii U prison, sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X debuts as March's best-selling Switch game in the US, kicking Mario Kart 8 into second place

Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally getting the attention it deserves

Inverse

Assassin's Creed Is Finally Delivering On Its Long-Lost Promise

'Assassin's Creed Shadows' is officially one of the year's top-sellers, proving there's still plenty of life in Ubisoft's aging franchise.

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