Between Superman, Fantastic Four and Jurassic Park, it's another summer of movie retreads. But in Japan, Demon Slayer, a property less than 10 years old, is crushing it at the box office. Hollywood needs to lay off nostalgia and embrace risk. My latest: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Tariff impact is here …

One interesting point from the Nintendo earnings is that 20% of Switch 2 month one shipments were outside the Americas, Japan, and Europe. The is in contrast to the OG Switch where 11.5% of its LTD sales are outside those regions. Switch 2 launched in more regions on day 1.

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Today is Ken Kutaragi’s 75th Birthday! The Father of PlayStation HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kutaragi-san! ✨🎂

Perhaps people do not realize that the rate of tariffs have been uncertain up until Aug 1st. Technically China is still uncertain. That is why Nintendo acted now and others will probably soon follow

Are you ready? - 7.31.2026

Nintendo hardware price increases via dekudeals.com (updated with Switch 2 hardware price increases)

Nintendo released a survey asking for feedback on physical and digital games. This is definitely the chance to make your voice heard about Switch 2 Game Key Cards. Source: the Well-Red Mage Survey: nintendoofamerica.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5…

Turns at about 4.5m MKW were sold in the bundle or 77% of the 5.82m Switch 2 shipped. Hence another 1.13m MKW sold separately

Nintendo results you may not realize... Inventory was ¥426bn as of 30th June, down from ¥486bn at 31st Mar but this is despite shipping ¥438bn in hardware in the qtr. Hence they continue to produce at a high rate..

I hope this becomes true and we get more options from Nintendo for third party publishers to be able to put the full game on cartridge. Especially for smaller sized games.

Prepare for takeoff! Music from Pilotwings, Pilotwings 64, and Pilotwings Resort is now available on the #NintendoMusic app! Listen here: ninten.do/6013sMB73

Square Enix laid out their game schedule for the rest of 2025. While their multiplatform strategy is in full swing, they have a lot riding on Switch/Switch 2 this year. Nintendo fans have shown to be the biggest supporters of SRPGs, Dragon Quest and Octopath Traveler lately.

BREAKING: The #Battlefield6's Open Beta has finally surpassed #CallofDuty's highest all-time concurrent player count on Steam with over 500,000 concurrent players. The 18th most-played game of all time on Steam by concurrent players.

The Battlefield 6 beta has broken Call of Duty's Steam player count record, surging past half a million concurrents pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-…

Clear that supply in the US for Switch 2 has dramatically improved given it is now in stock at BestBuy, GameStop, Walmart etc. nowinstock.net/videogaming/co…

Japan's rice-paddy art is on another level

Playing PRAGMATA is believing. Check out first impressions from those who experienced the game's unique hacking & shooting gameplay! Thanks to Maximilian Dood, Suzi Hunter, NicoB, Kevin Kenson, Ben Starr, Curiousjoi 🎮, Coelho no Japão 🇯🇵🇧🇷👾⛩- NintendoBarato.com.br, Adam Cole for sharing!

Former PlayStation Executive Shawn Layden is not a fan of subscription models like Game Pass: Under the subscription model, the developer essentially becomes a "wage slave," he argues. "They're not creating value, putting it in the marketplace, hoping it explodes, and profit