Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo reveals new Switch with red and blue Mario colors Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 12, 2021 1 min Nintendo is launching a special edition of its Switch console to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The publisher revealed the red... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2021 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 1, 2021 19 min This past year was one of the most unpredictable in all of human history. The pandemic threw off our ability to predict what will... Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay November 2020 NPD hardware sales: Switch, PlayStation 5 split sales victory Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 11, 2020 2 min PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launched last month, and they helped set a new November record, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group.... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Americans of all ages are spending more on video games Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 30, 2020 1 min We know that time and money spent on video games is surging due to the pandemic. Now, industry-tracking firm The NPD Group is providing detail... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Black Friday 2020: Everything we recommend this holiday Posted byby Jason Wilson November 23, 2020 3 min I find it … discomforting … to write “Happy Holidays” in 2020. Will they be happy? I hope so. But with the coronavirus pandemic... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Nintendo’s very good NPD report, and next gen becomes current gen | GamesBeat Decides 172 Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 14, 2020 1 min PlayStation 5 and the new Xbox systems are out, and GamesBeat editors Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti talk about how they’re feeling about next-gen... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo Switch is on a blazing sales pace for 2020 in the U.S. Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 13, 2020 1 min Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in the United States for the 23rd month in a row, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group.... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay October 2020 NPD: Nintendo and FIFA power gaming’s growth Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 13, 2020 4 min Gaming fans in the United States didn’t shy away from spending on their hobby in the month before the launch of next-gen consoles. Instead,... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo reminds everyone that Switch is in its sales prime Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 13, 2020 2 min Microsoft and Sony launched next-generation consoles this week, and Nintendo doesn’t seem to mind. The company announced today that it sold 735,000 Switch consoles in... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo got a big pandemic push for games and Switch sales Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 5, 2020 1 min Nintendo‘s Switch hybrid game console has been on fire during the pandemic, as Nintendo detailed in a report on sales for the six months... Continue Reading 1 min