“Game On” is The Fly’s weekly recap of the stories powering up or beating down video game stocks.
NEW RELEASES: This week’s major new release is Capcom’s (CCOEY) remake of “Resident Evil 4” becoming available on Mac (AAPL) and iOS devices on December 20. The remake originally released in March 2023.
GAME SPENDING: Last week, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella (NTDOY) showing the sharpest drop year-on-year. Sony’s (SONY) PlayStation Portal debuted as the #4 best-selling hardware platform of November with the limited quantities available at launch selling out. PlayStation 5 remained the best-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales during November 2023. Xbox Series (MSFT) ranked second across both measures. Year-to-date hardware spending fell 1% when compared to the same period in 2022, at $5B. PlayStation 5 remains the best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars 2023 year-to-date, with Nintendo Switch placing second across both measures.
On the software side, Piscatella (WBD) “Hogwarts Legacy” and “Mortal Kombat 1,” Electronic Arts’ (EA) “Madden NFL 24” and “EA Sports FC 24,” Nintendo’s “Super Mario Bros. Wonder” and “Super Mario RPG,” and Take-Two’s (TTWO) “NBA 2K24.”
INSOMNIAC LEAK: According to Cyber Daily, the Rhysida ransomware group released a trove of internal data from Sony’s Insomniac game studio following the passing of its 50 bitcoin ransom deadline. The data amounts to 1.67 terabytes and included over 1.3M files, such as images and videos of upcoming projects like the upcoming “Wolverine” game. Among other leaked files were Insomniac’s projected release slate through 2033, which includes multiple other games based on Marvel Comics’ characters, including “X-Men” and “Venom,” as well as plans to launch a new “Ratchet & Clank” game in 2029, according to Cyber Daily. Meanwhile, many internal HR documents, including I-9 employment forms and termination documents, were also released.
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OTHER STORIES TO WATCH:
- Activision QA workers issued a statement opposing a new return-to-office mandate, IGN reports (read more)
- Xbox Cloud Gaming has released on Meta’s (META) Quest VR headsets (read more)
- Sony’s Naughty Dog has ceased development of “The Last of Us Online” (read more)
- Tencent (TCEHY) has closed U.S. video game studio Team Kaiju, Reuters reports (read more)
- Electronic Arts introduced a new logo and brand entity for the Frostbite engine (read more)
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