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[MisterXDTV]

Wtf is nex playground?

I thought it was cheap....

250 fucking dollars

This Nex company is literally making miracles

 

[Zones]

Jim Ryan is the unsung hero of PlayStation, he absolutely obliterated Xbox's hardware business, and left arguably the strongest PlayStation platform to his successors.

Spoiler

Waiting for someone to deflect and mention Concord in 3..2..1..

 

[ioo]

Whoever at Sony pushed for and greenlit buying up all the ram earlier this year probably deserves a big Christmas bonus.

Ahaha yeah i was thinking the same. They probably already won 2026

 

[leo-j]

I would like to know the sales of PS Portal as well

Sony literally carrying gaming this holiday season

me too, I wonder if it sold more than the xbox series did during black friday...

 

[RetroGamingUK]

me too, I wonder if it sold more than the xbox series did during black friday...

Currently on Amazon US

PS Portal #22
Xbox Series X Digital #64



Currently on Amazon UK chart

PS Portal #8
Xbox Series consoles not in top 100

 

[ByWatterson]

Lack of games I think, combined with the key card FUD. Anecdotally people see it as Switch Pro and it needs some heavy hitters soon. If they don't get announced by the end of the fiscal year I think Switch 2 will be a dud when it's all said and done.

I think that's overstating it a bit, but I do think there is a palpable sense that the Switch 2 is not a must-have item right now.

 

[gerth666]

Lack of games I think, combined with the key card FUD. Anecdotally people see it as Switch Pro and it needs some heavy hitters soon. If they don't get announced by the end of the fiscal year I think Switch 2 will be a dud when it's all said and done.

Fair play to you, that's one hell of a bold prediction.
I think the fact they supplied so much inventory and never sold out, excitement seems to have dried up.
Feels different to the switch launch where everyone was talking about it, when every time stock dropped it's instantly sold out, driving up excitement.
I think switch 2 will continue to sell steady though.

 

[Unknown?]

This just in! Due to the massive popularity of Next Playground, Microsoft is acquiring it and integrating it in the Series consoles. It will also be a core part of their next console, Magnus.

 

[ReyBrujo]

This was a failure of planning on Nintendo's part this year.

They failed and had the best first year ever for any console in 50 years. Imagine if they had been right!

 

[MisterXDTV]

This just in! Due to the massive popularity of Next Playground, Microsoft is acquiring it and integrating it in the Series consoles. It will also be a core part of their next console, Magnus.

Well Nex says it's the spiritual successor of Kinect!

Xbox WINS!!!

It's just hilarious

A failed 2010 Xbox 360/One peripheral REBRANDED is having more success than the actual 2020 monster Xbox 12 teraflops console in 2025

They should make a documentary about this

 

[blacktout]

Is this a case of switch 2 being sold out and can't sell anymore or has it started to do worse than switch 1 after the initial launch

Huh? What is there in this thread that would indicate that the Switch 2 is performing worse than the Switch 1? I'm not sure if you mean "on Black Friday 2025" or "launch aligned," but both are wrong. The Switch 1 is hidden somewhere in unreported 15% for Black Friday, well below the Switch 2's 24%, and it's also substantially behind the Switch 2 launch aligned, according to all the data we currently have.

 

[yogaflame]

Massive win. Now give us more ps5 exclusive like bloodborne 2 and stop porting exclusive

 

[yogaflame]

Wtf is nex playground?

Its a small cube that functions like a MS kinect or PS Eyetoy

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Lack of games I think, combined with the key card FUD. Anecdotally people see it as Switch Pro and it needs some heavy hitters soon. If they don't get announced by the end of the fiscal year I think Switch 2 will be a dud when it's all said and done.

Agreed with your points, except I don't see how it will be a dud when it's selling this well and Nintendo hasn't even officially announced Mario or Zelda.

 

[Horseganador]

No wonder Nintendo got more serious with the Cyber Monday discounts; nobody expected that 2:1 advantage for PS5 in the USA on Black Friday. Next year with GTAVI it will be even better than this.

 

[Deerock71]

Circana just stirring the pot. Let's wait for November's numbers.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Nintendos unwillingness to do anything this Black Friday will bite them in the butt. I know tariffs jacked up prices but they should've of at least put a big deal on Switch 1 to push catalogue sales.

A November direct would've worked wonders. Their fall slate is awesome for hardcore fans, but it's a not a hyped line up. They should've done more.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Circana just stirring the pot. Let's wait for November's numbers.

This doesn't even include Sunday or cyber monday sales or the entire month with the discounts that PS5 has.

 

[Forsete]

Spoiler

Waiting for someone to deflect and mention Concord in 3..2..1..

Have you heard of Concord? It cost in excess of 100 trillion dollars.

 

[Loomy]

Why is he no reporting Xbox numbers?

No 4th place on podiums /s

Are people finding Switch 2s on shelves? I'm just curious is it's a stock or price issue for Nintendo.

 

[Deerock71]

This doesn't even include Sunday or cyber monday sales or the entire month with the discounts that PS5 has.

I'm aware. The script was upended here:

News Sales-Age  Post in thread 'Mat Piscatella: US best-selling hardware SKUs for week ending Nov 22, 2025, ranked on units sold'

Thursday at 3:09 AM

Does this Nex have ray tracing? DLSS? 120 fps gameplay? Do the games on it cost upwards of $300 million to make? If not, then it's no threat whatsoever and we can all relax!

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[asdasdasdbb]

I am guessing a lot of that is because people on the fence bit because of fears of price hikes after the new year.

Which I think is true.

 

[Robb]

Man, Sony is just steamrolling the competition worldwide this holiday it seems.

Nintendos unwillingness to do anything this Black Friday will bite them in the butt. I know tariffs jacked up prices but they should've of at least put a big deal on Switch 1 to push catalogue sales.

A November direct would've worked wonders. Their fall slate is awesome for hardcore fans, but it's a not a hyped line up. They should've done more.

Should've done more would imply they're not already doing enough. They're well on their way to sell upwards to 19M Switch 2 units within 12 months, beating their initial estimate by more than 25%. They're already handsomely outperforming all metrics as is.

 

[zedinen]

Jim Ryan is the unsung hero of PlayStation, he absolutely obliterated Xbox's hardware business, and left arguably the strongest PlayStation platform to his successors.

Spoiler

Waiting for someone to deflect and mention Concord in 3..2..1..

Jim built an empire in Europe, but the missing piece was the US market.

In 2022, Jim made the decision to halve his profit margin and changed gaming forever.


US, 2023
PS5 6.7 m
XBS 3.8 m


Jim showed us that halving a profit margin can generate mountains of cash.

Xbox truly dead in water.

 

[Crayon]

I think that's overstating it a bit, but I do think there is a palpable sense that the Switch 2 is not a must-have item right now.

I feel it first hand. Nintendo does not get an auto-buy from me since n64. I did get a wii day one in a long line in the middle of the night, but it was a conscious and weighed decision. On the other hand, a playstation is an auto buy.

Switch, I was super excited for and it delivered at first. Over the years though, I've barely played it. Switch 2 looks very much more of the same and my instinct to buy it is faint. The only reason would be to restore working handheld mode (the connection in the rails wore out and it's unplayable if you try to connect them) and get that zelda upgrade, as I could play a lot more of those two games.

It's just not that enticing when I already have a switch.

 

[ByWatterson]

I feel it first hand. Nintendo does not get an auto-buy from me since n64. I did get a wii day one in a long line in the middle of the night, but it was a conscious and weighed decision. On the other hand, a playstation is an auto buy.

Switch, I was super excited for and it delivered at first. Over the years though, I've barely played it. Switch 2 looks very much more of the same and my instinct to buy it is faint. The only reason would be to restore working handheld mode (the connection in the rails wore out and it's unplayable if you try to connect them) and get that zelda upgrade, as I could play a lot more of those two games.

It's just not that enticing when I already have a switch.

The PS6 handheld is a big mental block to my purchase. Without true Nintendo killer apps, and a *much* stronger handheld coming from Sony for third-party titles....why would I bother?

Hopefully they have another Zelda masterpiece in the pipeline.