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Aug82026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

GTA VI Pre-Orders Undermined GTA V Sales

Credit: Rockstar GTA VI pre-orders opened a week before the end of the reporting period. However, even that was enough for their volume to be "unprecedented and astounding," as Zelnick put it. As it turns out, GTA V sales have slowed in the lead-up to GTA VI's release. As of June 30, the game had sold over 230 million copies, a milestone it hadn't reached three months earlier. Credit: Rockstar Games Meanwhile, total GTA game sales increased by nearly 5 million copies in the quarter, approaching 475 million. The Red Dead Redemption duology has an audience of 116 million, 87 million of which are for Red Dead Redemption 2. Take-Two still forecasts revenue of $8 billion to $8.2 billion for its next fiscal year, which includes GTA VI's November release.

Aug62026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Fell 34.4% To 3.82 Million

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Credit: Nintendo Nintendo reported a decline in Switch 2 sales: the company sold 3.82 million consoles in the quarter, a 34.4% decline year-on-year. Nintendo attributes the demand to the release of new games and other factors, according to Engadget. Total Switch 2 sales reached 23.68 million units. Sales of first-generation Switch consoles also continued, falling 31.8% year-over-year to 660,000 units in the last quarter. According to Nintendo representatives cited by CNBC, the migration to the Switch 2 continued even as overall demand for game consoles declined due to rising prices. Nintendo management estimates the negative impact of higher memory costs and customs tariffs at approximately $630 million. The company's operating profit for the quarter increased by 150.5% to $904 mill...

Aug22026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Nvidia Raises Prices On Uts GPUs By Another 20-30%

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Credit: Nvidia In May, according to a source, Nvidia's price hike primarily affected high-end gaming graphics cards like the GeForce RTX 5090, but the current increase has affected a wider range of models, although exact figures are not provided. Samsung Electronics is also planning to raise prices for its memory by up to 20%, making owning a new gaming computer increasingly expensive. NVIDIA will raise prices on its graphics cards again—this is the third price increase since the beginning of 2026. This time, the cost of graphics accelerators will increase by 20-30%. This is the third price increase for the company's core product since the beginning of the year, but such moves by the supplier have ceased to surprise the public, as the AI boom naturally leads to higher prices fo...

Jul302026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

‘Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4’ Gets A New Trailer

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Credit: Deep Silver KING Art is back with a new gameplay trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4. It's dedicated to the Necrons, who previously received their own CGI trailer. Following the Orks and Tech-Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus faction, the Necrons, whose playstyle is based on relentless expansion and gradual conquest of the battlefield, received their own trailer on the specifics of warfare. According to the plot, the immortal legions of Necrons have awakened after 60 million years of slumber to reclaim their once-dominated planet, Kronus, from the "lesser" races engaged in an endless war on its surface. The Necron forces on Kronus are led by two warlords: the time-bending chronomancer Tothmek and Ahmnok, familiar to fans of the original game, now completely consume...