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Install Base Bot @installbasebot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Circana April 2026: #1 Tomodachi Life (>$41M) #2 Pragmata #5 Windrose #9 Saros ; Switch 2 #1 (+11% vs Switch 1 Month 11) www.installbaseforum.com/forums/thr…

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Install Base Bot @installbasebot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Media Create Sales: Week 12, 2026 (Mar 16 - Mar 22) www.installbaseforum.com/forums/thr…

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

US Nintendo Switch 2 hardware installed base compared to other consoles after 9 months in market (Feb 2026 for Switch 2): PS5 +29% PS4 +30% Wii +34% Switch +45% PS2 +56% XBO +61% XBS +73% 3DS +96% 360 +120% NGC +139% WiiU +302% Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Wake up, babe. The spiritual successor to the "the Switch story is exhausted" article just dropped.

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gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

New year, new (old) data. Thanks to our friends at @installbase.bsky.social we've saved up the 2017 Famitsu Top 1000, here are updates for hundreds of games for the 7th and 8th systems, as well as the first Switch year. Updated data is also on the main page sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

November 2025 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana - The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 marked the 18th consecutive year that a CoD franchise release has been the best-selling game of its release month, while PS5 led hardware in both unit and dollar sales.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Friendly reminder that October 2025 US video game market results from Circana will be released tomorrow at 9am Eastern. Should be a fun one.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Pokémon Legends: Z-A had a massive US launch at retail. Launch week physical unit and dollar sales of Pokémon Legends: Z-A were the biggest for a new physical video game launch since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom back in May of 2023. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Steam and Switch2 eshop have crashed 😅😅

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

New Mario Kart, new infamous Polygon article? 😅 The US chart being revenue-based, bundled sales of Mario Kart World (which accounted for a vast majority of Switch 2 & MK sales), are not counted in the chart. ❌️ 3rd time's the charm ? Maybe ? 🧐 www.polygon.com/2014/5/15/57...

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Mario Kart 8 will likely be the worst-selling game in franchise history, here's why

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

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Mario Kart 8 will likely be the worst-selling game in franchise history, here's why

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Target sold +116K Switch 2 Mario Kart Bundles and +9K Base consoles in the last 30 days

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This market is not going back to a world of high walled gardens and expensive barriers to player entry. Not in a market that is this competitive, with so much content that is widely available on any device, which is, quite often, free-to-play. The console wars have been over for a while. Let it go.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

"But what about Nintendo!" Nintendo is a unicorn. No other company can replicate what it does, the brand loyalty it has built over decades, or the massive cultural presence of its IP. Look at literally any other company and what they're doing to try to fend off Fortnite, mobile or Roblox.

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Donkey Kong Bananza starts with 128K units sold at retail in Japan 🇯🇵 Best opening for a DK game at retail since Returns on Wii, digital might push it above 🔥 Now to see whether this monkey has legs 📈

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Hardware - Nintendo Switch 2 sold 1.6M units in June, the highest launch month unit sales for video game hardware in US history. The previous high was the 1.1M units of PlayStation 4 sold during November 2013.

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Assassin's Creed Shadows reaches 5M players worldwide, up from 3M in Late March. www.installbaseforum.com/forums/news-...

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Assassins Creed Shadows reach 5M players

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Circana (ex-NPD) June report coming tomorrow 👌 Might say a thing or two about the Switch 2 launch in the US 😊 First report to cover retailer + My Nintendo sales 🔴

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Christopher Dring @dringo.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

In Thursday's edition of The Game Business Show and Newsletter, I'll be sharing some Donkey Kong-related charts for the UK. What had the biggest launch… Donkey Kong Bananza or Donkey Kong Country? Where did DK64 place? Sign-up for free! www.thegamebusiness.com

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The Game Business | Christopher Dring | Substack

Expert analysis, exclusive data, and in-depth interviews on the global video game industry — delivered by industry insider Christopher Dring. Click to read The Game Business, by Christopher Dring, a S...

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The full scale of today's Xbox layoff is not yet clear, but you can expect more news of project cancelations and job cuts as the U.S. west coast wakes up. Some studios are planning meetings within the next two hours.

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Sadly this is wrong information since that data was already available last week. It is most likely a leaked forecast. www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threa...

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Switch 2 Launch - Market Watch

PR is out 3.5M WW confirmed

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Oscar Lemaire @oscarlemaire.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

La base de données Japon de Ludostrie a bénéficié de grosses mises à jour récemment: - Refonte de la page principale - Refonte de la page Panthéon - Ajout d'une nouvelle page "Industrie" - Nouvelle page console consacrée à la 3DS ludostrie.com/japon/

Graphique montrant les courbes de ventes de consoles au Japon au cours des dix dernières années.

Liste des records établis par des consoles au Japon, comme les plus grosses ventes sur une semaine ou le nombre de semaines à plus de 100 000 ventes.

Graphique montrant l'historique du chiffre d'affaires généré par l'industrie du jeu vidéo sur console au Japon.

Répartition des ventes de la 3DS au Japon selon ses différents modèles.

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The Nintendo Switch 2 just got its first million-seller in Japan, after merely 3 weeks 🏎🇯🇵 This is a record that will probably never be broken 🏆

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

So many people have been checking out Install Base, this is crazy to see grow over the past few weeks. We are primarily a forum, so sign up if you haven't already, but we also push news out on the home page www.installbaseforum.com

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The Game Business @thegamebusiness.com · 23/06/2025

CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 was the best-selling third-party game during the launch of Switch 2, beating launch sales of CD Projekt’s The Witcher 3 on Switch 1 www.thegamebusiness.com/p/it-was-the...

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It was the biggest console launch of all time, but was Nintendo Switch 2 a success for third-parties?

Plus! We take a look at the Summer Game Fest numbers

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Third party unit share of Switch 2 physical software during week 1 reached just shy of 40%. For month 1 of the Switch launch it was less than 20%.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Nintendo Switch 2 set a new all-time launch week unit sales record for video game hardware in the US, with over 1.1 million units sold during the week ending June 7, 2025 (excludes sales from the My Nintendo Store). The record was previously held by PlayStation 4.

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Nintendo Switch 2: All Together, Anytime, Anywhere - Nintendo US

Experience your games like never before. Find out everything you need to know about Nintendo’s newest gaming system here.

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Okay, Nintendo just sold 947.000 Switch 2 units according to Famitsu 🥵🥵 New thread up soon!

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Japanese Switch 2 numbers in one hour ⏳️⌛️

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Switch 2 numbers are out in Spain and they are massive! It is doubling the previous record-holder, setting a milestone that will be extremely hard to reach. Mario Kart has sold 95.000 units, which is a 88% attach rate 🚨 Insane 😱🤯

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

First numbers for Switch 2 launch are starting to be disclosed. 👀 Sales were more than double the original Switch in the UK, for an estimated 160.000 units sold 🔥🔥 It is a Nintendo record, but still below the PS4/5 and Xbox Series in the region.

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Data is starting to be be shared! 30.000 units were sold at Currys in the UK which is their "biggest gaming pre-order ever" 📈 More to come in the following hours/day!

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Data is starting to be be shared! 30.000 units were sold at Currys in the UK which is their "biggest gaming pre-order ever" 📈 More to come in the following hours/day!

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Install Base @installbase.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

And that's 800.000 units sold now! 📈📈 The 1M milestone is well in sight, right as the Switch 2 version launches in 3 days 🫡 Level-5 might be back 🔥

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