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Wman1996 on 29 October 2025
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SvennoJ said:

Amazon is not going to enter the 'race'

https://www.eurogamer.net/amazon-reportedly-gutting-its-video-game-division-as-part-of-14000-company-wide-job-cuts

Amazon's game division is closing up shop.


The console wars are over because the pie is shrinking. 

Global gaming software revenue:

2023: 184 Billion, 89.9 Billion Mobile, 94 Billion consoles + PC
2024: 188 Billion, 92.6 Billion Mobile, 95 Billion consoles + PC
2025: 189 Billion, 103 Billion Mobile, 86 Billion consoles + PC (projected)

Mobile is still growing, PC was still growing, console software revenue was already shrinking.
There's no growth for a new competitor to come in.

And the overall console units sold from the data we have peaked in the 7th Generation.

DS: 154.9 mil

Wii: 101.64 mil

PS3: 87.41 mil

360: 85.8 mil

PSP: 81.09 mil

Total: 510.84 mil units

I feel like the 7th Generation was the last generation of gaming (namely until around 2012-2013 as the 8th Generation was starting) where a disproprionate amount of time was spent playing on consoles and handhelds instead of PC or mobile. 



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)

Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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