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Super Smash Bros and Fortnite are Nintendo’s E3 2018 Major Products
June 13, 2018
Nintendo is pretty good at doing a great deal with just a little. Two years ago, the company focused on only one product at E3, Legend of Zelda: Breath of...
At E3 2018 Microsoft Looks to the Future
June 11, 2018
News For several years, the major console manufacturers have nicely staggered their big press conferences. Traditionally, Microsoft goes first on the Sunday before the show starts. So Sunday June 10...
Nintendo Switch Sales Sales Weaker than Wii in First Year
May 27, 2018
In our recent report on the Nintendo Switch sales, we made the point that, while the Switch is a successful system, its sales were not likely to compare to major...
Market for High-End PC Game Hardware Grows 40% in 2017 to $40 Billion
May 25, 2018
The overall market for video game software soared past $100 billion in 2017. However, this is only a portion of the overall video game ecosystem. A major story over the...
Analyzing the Nintendo Switch After One Year: Nintendo Labo
April 23, 2018
As we have mentioned in past posts, Nintendo is a Japanese toy company that also happens to make video games. No product better describes this reality than the new Nintendo...
Will Nintendo Switch Make Money for Third-Party Developers?
April 13, 2018
The successful launch of the Nintendo Switch in March 2017 took many in the game industry by surprise. Of course, the same reaction happened over a decade before with the...
Analyzing the Nintendo Switch After One Year
April 13, 2018
The successful launch of the Nintendo Switch in March 2017 took many in the game industry by surprise. Of course, the same reaction happened over a decade before with the...
How Fortnite Drives the Battle Royale Genre to New Heights
April 7, 2018
One of the biggest stories in video games over the past year has been the rise of the battle royale genre. In 2017, we saw the unprecedented rise of two...