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Destiny 2 Causes $204 Million 'Impairment Loss' for Sony

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Published: 11-11-2025, 08:11 PM

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Destiny 2 Causes $204 Million 'Impairment Loss' for Sony

Destiny 2 failed to hit several targets.

More and more it sure looks like it was a bad idea from Sony to acquire Destiny developer Bungie. In Sony's latest financial report (PDF link), they directly attribute a 31.5 billion yen (roughly $204 million USD) "impairment loss" to Destiny 2. Specifically, this impairment loss is due to Destiny 2 failing to hit sales milestones as well as declining user engagement.

The impairment was significant enough to bring down...

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Big Changes Planned After Apex Legends Fails to Make Enough Money

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Published: 10-30-2024, 01:35 PM

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Big Changes Planned After Apex Legends Fails to Make Enough Money

A "large systematic change is required."

Electronic Arts is about to make some big, albeit unannounced, changes to their battle royale game Apex Legends. EA CEO Andrew Wilson, in statements released during the company's Q2 2025 earnings call, says that "large systematic change is required" after the game failed to pull in enough money.

Wilson says that the company expected to see a lift in monetization following recent changes made to the way Battle...

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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Sales Exceeded Take-Two's Expectations

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Published: 05-18-2022, 03:38 PM

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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Sales Exceeded Take-Two's Expectations

More from Tiny Tina may be coming in the future.

During their latest earnings call, Take-Two says that Tiny Tina's Wonderlands exceeded their sales expectations. Though a specific figure for sales figures weren't provided, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says that this Borderlands spin-off is "viewed as the best new franchise launch from 2K in several years."

It is quite interesting to see this spin-off referred to as a "new franchise." Zelnick says that...

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Xbox Series X|S are Microsoft's Fastest Selling Consoles

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Published: 07-27-2021, 06:29 PM

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Xbox Series X|S are Microsoft's Fastest Selling Consoles

Even with constrained supplies, Xbox is at the top of its game.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are now officially the fastest-selling Xbox consoles ever.

This reveal came during Microsoft's earnings call earlier today. Microsoft announced that they have sold more Series X|S consoles than any previous Xbox generation has in the same amount of time. Due to limited supply of chips, availability is still super limited across the board...

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No Overwatch 2 or Diablo IV in 2021

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Published: 02-04-2021, 07:47 PM

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No Overwatch 2 or Diablo IV in 2021

Keep those hype trains at the station.

Activision Blizzard tweeted out some of the highlights from their earnings conference call that took just took place. You can begin to read about those right here on Twitter if you are so inclined. However, the big news from today wasn't how well (very) Activision Blizzard is performing.

No, the big news today is that Activision Blizzard confirmed that neither Overwatch 2 nor Diablo IV will be out this year. This little tidbit was...

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Resident Evil 3 Ships Nearly 3 Million Units; Monster Hunter World Hits 16 Million

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Published: 08-03-2020, 05:02 PM

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Resident Evil 3 Ships Nearly 3 Million Units; Monster Hunter World Hits 16 Million

Capcom provides sales figures for their hottest titles.

Capcom just revealed how many units have shipped to retailers and consumers as part of their latest public financial figures. The studio revealed how well some of their most recent and biggest titles have been performing, including figures for Resident Evil 3 and Monster Hunter World.

To date, Resident Evil 3 has shipped 2.7 million units. Monster Hunter World has now surpassed 16 million copies shipped. The expansion...

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GameStop Closing Over 300 Stores Permanently

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Published: 03-27-2020, 03:56 PM

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GameStop Closing Over 300 Stores Permanently

Was it worth it?

GameStop announced that it is closing over 300 stores this year. These closures are part of their continued efforts to "de-densify" and was announced during the latest earnings call for the dying gaming focused retailer. Last fiscal year, the company revealed that they closed 321 stores. This brought their total number of locations to 5,500 storefronts. This year, GameStop's CEO George Sherman says that they have plans to match or possibly exceed last year's...

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Blizzard Will Not Release Any Major Games in 2019

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Published: 02-13-2019, 03:52 PM

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Blizzard Will Not Release Any Major Games in 2019

Yesterday, news about Blizzard's upcoming year got a bit lost in the shuffle and understandably so. However, during yesterday's earnings call with investors, it was revealed that Blizzard has no "frontline release" planned for the 2019 fiscal year.

In short: This means they aren't going to release any new titles in the next year. Yes, this includes the oft pined for desktop Diablo 4.

Activision Blizzard president Collister Johnson had this to say during...

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EA Apparently Blames Weak Battlefield V Sales on Prioritizing Campaign Over Battle Royale

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Published: 02-05-2019, 07:42 PM

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EA Apparently Blames Weak Battlefield V Sales on Prioritizing Campaign Over Battle Royale

Just when you thought the general rabble about Battlefield V was finally quieting down, EA released their Q3 2019 financials to investors today. In doing so, EA's top brass say that Battlefield V sold roughly 1 million units below expectations because development prioritized a single player campaign over getting a battle royale mode ready for launch.

To its credit, Battlefield V still sold 7.3 million units across all platforms, but it's still considered underperforming according...

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Star Wars Battlefront 2 to Feature Multiple Eras, Includes Single Player Campaign

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Published: 01-31-2017, 10:58 PM

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Star Wars Battlefront 2 to Feature Multiple Eras, Includes Single Player Campaign

As part of EA's latest earnings call (PDF) today, the company announced some brief plans on what they will be doing for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront 2. Some of these plans include setting the game across multiple eras in the Star Wars franchise. It also includes plans for the game to have a single player campaign.

Looking further ahead, we would like to provide you with a view of our top titles and plans for FY18: • We’re thrilled to bring a new Star Wars Battlefront
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01-31-2017, 10:58 PM
Star Wars Battlefront 2 to Feature Multiple Eras, Includes Single Player Campaign

As part of EA's latest earnings call (PDF) today, the company announced some brief plans on what they will be doing for the upcoming Star Wars...

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Titanfall 2 Sales Below Expectations

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Published: 01-31-2017, 09:31 PM

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Titanfall 2 Sales Below Expectations

As part of EA's recent earnings call (PDF) today, EA stated that sales of Titanfall 2 are below their expectations.

Titanfall 2 delivered the next important step in this new franchise we are building with our partners at Respawn – a highly-rated, action-packed experience that has thrilled players in the year’s biggest category. Player satisfaction scores for Titanfall 2 are among the highest in our portfolio, showing just how much fun players are having with this game. Titanfall
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01-31-2017, 09:31 PM
Titanfall 2 Sales Below Expectations

As part of EA's recent earnings call (PDF) today, EA stated that sales of Titanfall 2 are below their expectations.

Titanfall 2 delivered
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Pre-Orders for Black Ops 3 are Much Higher than Advanced Warfare

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Published: 11-04-2015, 03:51 PM

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Pre-Orders for Black Ops 3 are Much Higher than Advanced Warfare

The thirst is potentially real. Initial reports say that Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 pre-orders are far exceeding the pre-orders for last year's Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Activision's CEO Eric Hirshberg issued the following remarks yesterday during the company's earning's call.

"We couldn't be more excited about the launch this Friday," said Hirshberg. "We have strong momentum indicated by a number of factors, but just to name a few: the growing engagement around the past Black
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11-04-2015, 03:50 PM
Pre-Orders for Black Ops 3 are Much Higher than Advanced Warfare

The thirst is potentially real. Initial reports say that Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 pre-orders are far exceeding the pre-orders for last year's...

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