Sales articles

Handheld gaming PCs surpass 6 million sales, with Steam Deck accounting for more than half

The big picture: Released three years ago today, Valve's Steam Deck has become one of the most notable products in PC gaming hardware, creating an entirely new market segment. While manufacturers like GPD began selling handheld gaming PCs years earlier, estimates from IDC show that the Steam Deck vastly dominates the market. However, the potential for future growth remains uncertain.

PlayStation 5 surges past 75 million as Sony dominates the console race

AT&T users will now see why businesses are calling before they answer

AMD keeps crushing Intel in CPU sales on Amazon and Germany's largest PC hardware retailer

AMD's AM4 platform is still going strong after many years, AMD reports a 50/50 sales split with AM5

Why it matters: It's been almost three years since AMD launched the AM5 chipset alongside Ryzen 7000 CPUs. But according to a company executive, global sales of AM5 and the previous-gen AM4 are split 50/50, illustrating how the socket that supports Zen 1 through to Zen 3 remains popular.

Paper launch or not? Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs sell out instantly, frustrating customers

EA says Dragon Age: The Veilguard performed half as well as they expected

Analyst says Nintendo Switch 2 will face supply constraints, PlayStation 5 will remain the best-selling console in the US

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D outsells entire Ryzen 9000 non-X3D series, says German retailer

The unsung heroes of chip sales: field application engineers

Sony confirms PlayStation 2 sales top 160 million, cementing legacy of best-ever selling console

Amazon's top 12 best-selling CPUs all come from AMD as Team Red adds to Intel's woes

Capcom earnings show a gradual narrowing of the console/PC divide

In context: Capcom's latest earnings show that the software markets for PCs and consoles are a close race, with PCs edging out consoles by 14 points. During its 2023 fiscal year, 54 percent of Capcom's game sales went to PCs, while consoles accounted for 40 percent. The remainder is in mobile gaming, which ironically has doubled the gaming population of the other two markets combined.

Germany's largest hardware retailer has yet to sell a single Intel Core Ultra 200S CPU

DayZ and Arma developer celebrates 47 million copies sold over 15 years – Arma 4 coming in 2027

Black Myth: Wukong release triggers PS5 sales surge in China, spiking Sony stock

Sony PlayStation 5 lifetime sales reach 61 million, closing in on NES but slowing down fast

Nintendo profit plummets 55% as Switch hardware and software sales slow

Xbox hardware revenue fell 42% last quarter, but overall gaming revenue rose 44%

The big picture: Some analysts predicted the Xbox Series X would outsell the PlayStation 5 in 2020. Instead, Sony's console has likely sold more than double the Xbox Series S and X. The situation is so dire that Microsoft hasn't disclosed precise unit sales in over a year and has begun releasing its games on competing consoles. The company's latest earnings call certainly won't improve investor outlook concerning the future of Xbox hardware.

Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Asrock set to deliver 38.8 million motherboards in 2024

Terraria outsells Super Mario Bros., ranks as 8th best-selling game of all time

Steam shatters concurrent user record thanks to Summer Sale discounts

Wallets beware: The annual Steam Summer Sale has arrived

Wallet friendly: Valve's annual Steam Summer Sale has arrived and is ready to do battle with your wallet. Luckily, with plenty of steep discounts available, you might just survive with minimal financial casualties.

Samsung surpasses Apple in US phones sales, but Cupertino still sells more flagships

Steam Summer Sale 2024 starts this week, will include new "deep discounts" section