Those buying Nintendo Switches on the secondhand market could end up facing an unexpected issue due to their consoles' previous owners.
"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.
"XS Sales Down Just 2% YoY".... they are turning it around boys... hold the line!!!!
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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.
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.
wouldnt that be the case for any electronic device you buy second hand?
even buying it new has a major risk, cause you will get a subpar gaming experience, more than a decade old visuals, hardware limitations everywhere, storage, services, internet connection, etc, etc and not to mention the games ridiculuos prices.
I always buy newer consoles brand new personally.
There are always risks of buying used items so I buy from reputable places or sellers when buying older systems.
I bought another PS3 Fat not too long ago but I made sure it was from a good seller and they don’t sell banned systems and they also give a warranty plus they are always there to help with parts if you need them later down the road .
Finding a good seller is key for any used items.
I was thinking of buying a first gen Switch used off ebay. Wipe it clean and modding it to run home brew, roms, tons of emulators. https://www.youtube.com/wat...