With so many excellent platformers available on Switch, picking something out from the overwhelming selection can be hard. The platforming genre has a very strong pedigree on Nintendo systems going all the way back to the original Super Mario Bros. on NES. Over the years that followed other developers mastered the grammar laid down in that game and the genre ballooned, spawning countless side-scrolling jumpers and a tangled web of sub-genres. There are flavours to suit every conceivable 2D platforming taste and plenty of room for debate about how they should be categorised.
"The Milano-based (Italy) indie games developer 3DClouds are today very proid and excited to announce that their pirate-themed action/third-person adventure "Trident's Tale", is now available for PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) via digital stores." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 671,845 units sold for April 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 75.58 million units lifetime worldwide.
The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 350,417 units to bring its lifetime sales to 150.36 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 205,866 units to bring their lifetime sales to 32.98 million units.
Buh buh buh...Muh Space Marine Remastered..
I guess he will say something like that haha
"XS Sales Down Just 2% YoY".... they are turning it around boys... hold the line!!!!
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April was actually pretty good then for Xbox. I had expected this as there was a run on the Series X pre price boost. I would expect May to be down by more but revenue might actually hold due to the price hike.
down 2% from an already low number is still bad. and if we look a little closer, 140K of those sales were from US alone, meaning that a meager 65K sold to the rest of the global market. outside of the US, xbox is a dead brand. and it is holding on by a string in its strongest territory. this is why MS had to go multiplatform. low xboxes sales means fewer gamepass subscriptions, which means you can't afford to put hundred million dollar budget games on the service anymore.
For the Switch to be down 37% with the same price shows that nearly everyone is just waiting on the Switch 2.
I gotta say I didn't expect PS5 sales to be down only 14% year-on-year, thought the decline would be higher.
Interesting:
PS5 being down 382k units compared to PS4's April in 2018 is probably the result of the God of War reboot release in April 2018.
It was even the later half of April, the 20th.
Great exclusives can have a pretty strong impact on hardware sales I guess.
they can, but PlayStation also enjoys the benefit of being the console of choice for all AAA third-party releases as well. id imagine when GTA6 launches, you are going to see massive PS5 sales along with it.
Yeah, I think the month GTA6 will finally get released, we should see a substantial growth in hardware units being sold.
It should, no matter when, be a 1m month in units easily.
"PS5 being down 382k units compared to PS4's April in 2018 is probably the result of the God of War reboot release in April 2018."
Nah, it's more about the rising costs of the PlayStation subscription and the console price going up. If tariffs increase, I've got a feeling the PS5 Pro could be the first console to break the $1k barrier in the USA.
Out of Sight is a unique puzzle/horror game with a clever core idea, but there simply isn't enough to it to give it a full-throated recommendation.
Tropical freeze is the best Nintendo 2d platformer.
Pretty sure Hollow Knight deserves to be on this list ...