Intel has confirmed its next-gen discrete graphics card will be built on the Gen 11 integrated GPU foundations being laid in the Ice Lake CPUs launching at the end of this year.
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for week of June 2, 2025 to June 8, 2025.
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch 2 – 947,931 (New)
PlayStation 5 – 14,535 (5,690,661)
Switch OLED Model – 8,040 (9,060,680)
Switch Lite – 6,089 (6,581,795)
PlayStation 5 Pro – 4,230 (218,056)
Switch – 2,482 (20,109,545)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,017 (974,094)
Xbox Series S – 163 (337,686)
Xbox Series X – 113 (320,660)
Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 57 (20,820)
PlayStation 4 – 24 (7,929,628)
So its official. Switch 2 dethroned PS2 in Japan for the biggest hardware launch ever.
Tripled the switch launch numbers, yeah Nintendo's domination of the Japanese market is going smooth
And take note. This is just for retail sales only; sales from the Nintendo Japanese website are not yet included.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer explains that the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X is Microsoft's best collaboration between gaming and Windows teams.
Next Level Racing just revealed an officially licensed flight simulation cockpit for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020.
Tempting... but I have to say I am more of an arcade deluxe cab fan. I loved the ones for Galaxy Force, Thunder Blade and After Burner.
Sounds like it is going to be junk in card form
We'll see what happens. I hope we get more highend competition to keep prices competitive
Gen 12 could get interesting-- “Gen 11 is a great step forward for us,” says Bryant. “You’ll see us do it again with Gen 12 graphics for 2020 and Gen 12 graphics IP is the basis for that discrete graphics portfolio that Raja is architecting and building.”
It sucks that Intel is so lame when it comes to GPU technology. Imagine if there was an actual 3rd competitor....