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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The 9 games that shaped me. All of these had big impacts on my life and my interests.

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ocarina of Time is at +100K preorders at Amazon already

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@matpiscatella.bsky.social If GTA V is the #1 title in the US for the past 10 years and Red Dead Redemption 2 is #3 for the past 8 years, what game is #2?

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Take Two / IDG report there are ~129M Gen 9 Consoles (PS5 + XBS) worldwide as of March 2026. They reported ~127M end of 2025, so it's confirmed IDG does not count Switch 2 in these numbers, it alone sold ~3M that quarter. ir.take2games.com/static-files...

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Quick pixel count of this picture gives me Switch 2 selling selling through ~3.4M last quarter. Sell through LTD should be ~21.6M. Total shipments are 23.68M

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

PlayStation results in USD segmented as if they were using Xbox reporting (uses less columns) USD rate last year was 144.6 USD rate this year is 159.3 PS5 shipped 1.6M, LTD now 95.2M 66.1M software shipped, Digital = 82% Physical shipments +600K, Digital sales -400K YOY

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

XBOX revenue has been in decline for 4 straight quarters. Only Content & Services saw growth for a single quarter in FY26 and it was 1% The last time Xbox had 4 declines in a row was April 2019 - March 2020

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

XBOX FY26 Q4 results (~ is my estimate) Total Revenue: $4,983,000,000 Content & Services: ~$4,749,000,000 (-10%) Hardware: ~$234,000,000 (-13%) Shipments: ~450K (-23%)

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

XBOX is really how Microsoft will report gaming revenue now

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've pixel counted this graph and found the following: S&P Global has 2006 -2016 Xbox 360 at 86.1M, 2005 shipments were 1.5M so they estimate LTD at 87.6M, above PS3's 87.4M XB1 LTD is 49.9M which I have severe issues with (look at their One X split!) XBS is 37.6M as of 2025

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Sega games sales update Everyone needs to go play Metaphor

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Yeah it's between those. N64 sold 33M and SNES 49M

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Got through ANNO: Mutationem and really enjoyed it, would like to see a follow up. Seen no one talk about it and that's a shame.

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

How PS5 compares to PS4 in the last 6 quarters

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Xbox FY26 Q3 - www.microsoft.com/en-us/Invest... Total Revenue: $5.341B Content & Services: ~$5.120B (estimated) Hardware: ~$221M (estimated) Since I was expecting ~$226M for hardware, my ~400K shipment prediction won't change.

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Minishoot' Adventures is so good I left a review on the Xbox store for it. I never do that, maybe I'll start for these standout hits. It's one of those "perfect" games that does exactly what it needs to and plays extremely well. 5/5

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Pokopia is a system seller, Switch 2 Base has reached +30K sold in the past month on Amazon, a rate of +2K sold a day since Pokopia came out. Sales also hit similar levels at Walmart which has yet to slow down. October was 328K, I can see March approaching 400K.

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Out of nowhere I finally got my first shiny Pokemon

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Pokopia sold 2.2M in the first 4 days, 1M in Japan www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/re... Animal Crossing likes in March = $$$

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Neat little color memory game dialed.gg

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Can also see in the month to month Switch 2 had amazing pre holiday sales because of the available supply, while Switch 1 had far less (due to supply) which got collected by a massive December. Even so, Switch 2 worldwide somewhat outpaces Switch 1 by end of first December which is a great position

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I pixel counted the sell through graph provided by Nintendo for Switch 2 and Switch 1's first years Switch 2 2025: ~15.2M Switch 1 2017: ~13.7M Link has it broken down by week www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threa...

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Nex Playground sold over 300K during Black Friday and Cyber Monday weeks. Life to date is >600,000 www.wsj.com/business/ent... Article also has a quarterly sales graph since launch through November 30, 2025. This is what I get from pixel counting it

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Brief sales history of Nex Playground. Started at just a 5,000 initial run in 2023 to a nationwide push in 2024 to now selling over 500,000 life to date as of November 2025 www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threa...

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Bring back top selling hardware SKU in the Circana reports! Also saw an ad for that Playground device last week. Did not realize how big it was

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Steam Machine looks so clean

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Steam isn't a monopoly just because EGS, EA Origin, Windows Store, Battle net, Uplay, etc all failed to offer compelling platforms for PC users. Go build your game in Roblox, over 20M people could play your game at once

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The Mario Kart World Switch 2 Bundle is at 8.10M, with total MKW shipments at 9.57M, meaning individual game shipments are 1.47M. 8.10M Bundled Switch 2's 2.26M Base Switch 2's MKW standalone attach rate to Base Switch 2 is 65% Very strong outside the bundle!

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Switch 2 shipped an outstanding 4.54M units in the last quarter, life to date shipments at 10.36M 4.54M in the second quarter is unmatched by any other console. Nintendo expects to ship a total of 19M Switch 2's by March 2026

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

80(!) people bought a Ms. Pac Man Arcade 1UP machine at Target in the past month. Sales this close to 0 you got to interview these people or something. Who are you, how many more of these machines do you already have or plan to purchase

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Xbox Financial Results FY26 Q1 Total: $5,508,000,000 [-2%] Content & Services: ~$5,126,000,000 [+1%] (estimated) Hardware: ~$382,000,000 [-29%] (estimated) Xbox shipments: <800K (estimated)

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

If China is racing past us, we must race better than them We will be the best racists

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The PS5 Digital Edition 825GB is now sold in the US at $499 at PlayStation Direct. This looks to be replacing the 1TB edition at the same $499 price. Shrinkflation in consoles. direct.playstation.com/en-us/buy-co...

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

You could get an Xbox Series X officially discounted at $399 in December 2023. The Xbox Series S is now officially $399 as of October 2025, with Series X at $649. I wonder what happened between 2023 and 2025?

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Xbox Series X|S will see ANOTHER price hike on October 3 in the US due to "changes in the macroeconomic environment." www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

What an incredible discount by GameStop

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Mega Victreebel happy to be choked I guess

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

PS5 had 3 month's of stockpiled units back on May 14. Now 3 months have passed, the stockpile is running low, they need to ship more, thus increasing the price. sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/24q4_qa.pdf

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Sony concedes on the PS5 price, starting August 21 the new price for each PS5 in the US will be PlayStation 5 – $549.99 PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – $499.99 PlayStation 5 Pro – $749.99

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Played a few matches of Battlefield 6 and it's fun.

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Xbox Series X is now at +4K sold in the past 30 days at Target. It's been sold out at the retailer for months but came back in stock (Mainly from shipping) 2 weeks ago. August 4: First time showed +1K August 8: +2K (1K in 4 days) August 11: +3K (1K in 3 days) August 13: +4K (1K in 2 days)

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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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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Switch 2 shipped 5.82M by June 30th and sold through over 6M by July 19. Previous fastest selling consoles were PS5 and PS4 with 4.5M shipped in 2 months. Mario Kart World sold 5.63M, an attach rate of 97%

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Game Pass at "nearly $5B annual revenue" puts it at ~21% of total Xbox revenue, and ~23% of Content & Services It used to be just 15% according to Phil Spencer back in 2022 theverge.com/2022/10/26/23425029/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-profitable-revenues

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