Where is XR Heading? Marcel Kleffmann October 02, 2024 – 4 min read Share this post Visualisation of Pico Motion Tracker use. © Pico Business G+ Nintendo (H1 FY27): Console Sales Decline, Software Sales Rise In the first half of the current financial year, Nintendo sold fewer consoles than in the previous year. However, operating profit has increased thanks to consistent software sales. The company is maintaining its prior outlook. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read GTA VI advertisement on the famous Shibuya Crossing billboards (GM, Pascal Wagner) Business Rockstar Promotes GTA VI at Shibuya Crossing With huge billboard ads at Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble, Rockstar is aiming to insure the success of Grand Theft Auto VI in Japan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Marvel's Wolverine © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Business G+ Sony: Weaker Console Sales in a Booming Games Market Despite declining PS5 console sales and mediocre performance of Marvel's Wolverine, Sony's Game & Network Services segment (PlayStation) continues to perform so well that the company has revised its business forecast upwards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 05 Nov 26: US Industry Dashboard, SAE Awards 2026, PS Store Charts, Nintendo, Sony, Ocarina of Time, Slow Game Club and more Today's newsletter focuses on the decline in hardware sales and the increase in software sales across all three console providers. Also covered are the winners of the SAE Awards 2026 and a new dashboard from the US trade association ESA, which illustrates the industry's state-level impact. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read The Winners of the SAE Awards 2026 © Sven Kubeile on behalf of SAE Institute Awards SAE Institute Presents the SAE Awards 2026 and Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The SAE Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and has presented the SAE Awards 2026 for media productions created by students and alumni from around the world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Business G+ Nintendo (H1 FY27): Console Sales Decline, Software Sales Rise In the first half of the current financial year, Nintendo sold fewer consoles than in the previous year. However, operating profit has increased thanks to consistent software sales. The company is maintaining its prior outlook. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read GTA VI advertisement on the famous Shibuya Crossing billboards (GM, Pascal Wagner) Business Rockstar Promotes GTA VI at Shibuya Crossing With huge billboard ads at Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble, Rockstar is aiming to insure the success of Grand Theft Auto VI in Japan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Slow Game Club 2027 © Slow Game Club / Into Games Publishing Slow Game Club Returns for 2027 With Twelve Hand-Picked Indie Games Following a sold-out first year, the Slow Game Club is back in 2027 with twelve hand-picked indie games, one a month, and a new theme celebrating "stories that only games could tell". 100% of the proceeds will go to charity. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Marvel's Wolverine © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Business G+ Sony: Weaker Console Sales in a Booming Games Market Despite declining PS5 console sales and mediocre performance of Marvel's Wolverine, Sony's Game & Network Services segment (PlayStation) continues to perform so well that the company has revised its business forecast upwards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business G+ Nintendo (H1 FY27): Console Sales Decline, Software Sales Rise In the first half of the current financial year, Nintendo sold fewer consoles than in the previous year. However, operating profit has increased thanks to consistent software sales. The company is maintaining its prior outlook. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
GTA VI advertisement on the famous Shibuya Crossing billboards (GM, Pascal Wagner) Business Rockstar Promotes GTA VI at Shibuya Crossing With huge billboard ads at Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble, Rockstar is aiming to insure the success of Grand Theft Auto VI in Japan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Marvel's Wolverine © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Business G+ Sony: Weaker Console Sales in a Booming Games Market Despite declining PS5 console sales and mediocre performance of Marvel's Wolverine, Sony's Game & Network Services segment (PlayStation) continues to perform so well that the company has revised its business forecast upwards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 05 Nov 26: US Industry Dashboard, SAE Awards 2026, PS Store Charts, Nintendo, Sony, Ocarina of Time, Slow Game Club and more Today's newsletter focuses on the decline in hardware sales and the increase in software sales across all three console providers. Also covered are the winners of the SAE Awards 2026 and a new dashboard from the US trade association ESA, which illustrates the industry's state-level impact. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
The Winners of the SAE Awards 2026 © Sven Kubeile on behalf of SAE Institute Awards SAE Institute Presents the SAE Awards 2026 and Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The SAE Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and has presented the SAE Awards 2026 for media productions created by students and alumni from around the world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business G+ Nintendo (H1 FY27): Console Sales Decline, Software Sales Rise In the first half of the current financial year, Nintendo sold fewer consoles than in the previous year. However, operating profit has increased thanks to consistent software sales. The company is maintaining its prior outlook. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
GTA VI advertisement on the famous Shibuya Crossing billboards (GM, Pascal Wagner) Business Rockstar Promotes GTA VI at Shibuya Crossing With huge billboard ads at Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble, Rockstar is aiming to insure the success of Grand Theft Auto VI in Japan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Slow Game Club 2027 © Slow Game Club / Into Games Publishing Slow Game Club Returns for 2027 With Twelve Hand-Picked Indie Games Following a sold-out first year, the Slow Game Club is back in 2027 with twelve hand-picked indie games, one a month, and a new theme celebrating "stories that only games could tell". 100% of the proceeds will go to charity. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Marvel's Wolverine © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Business G+ Sony: Weaker Console Sales in a Booming Games Market Despite declining PS5 console sales and mediocre performance of Marvel's Wolverine, Sony's Game & Network Services segment (PlayStation) continues to perform so well that the company has revised its business forecast upwards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
