Analyst Forecasts Console Sales to Fall 19.5% in 2026 to 33.9M Units in 2026
A new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan (via GamesIndustry ) has released a forecast for video game console sales that expects sales to drop 19.5 percent to 33.9 million units this…
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"The market faces a compounding problem: hardware that's either too old or too expensive for consumers [and] a thin software slate outside a
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