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Mat Piscatella

@matpiscatella.bsky.social

Executive Director & Video Game Industry Analyst at Circana (NPD). Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. I helped get one of your favorite games greenlit.

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Wired doing work with this cover.

03.08.2025 23:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 161    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just the game. No digital add on content is included.

03.08.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No think. Only AI. Accept them all. Brain not needed. Set up agent. Stop breathing. Breathing not needed.

03.08.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Went to go look it up and... I'm in!

02.08.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œAI will help with pointless interactions like item descriptions and NPC barksโ€ if itโ€™s pointless it shouldnโ€™t be in the game. If thereโ€™s nothing interesting about something, cut it

20.07.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1498    ๐Ÿ” 324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

If nothing else it should give you further appreciation of how great european transit is

01.08.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Miles in Transit is the best channel on YouTube, in case you were looking for Something Good these days.

01.08.2025 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah gotta go update that but the older/more affluent trend hasn't changed

01.08.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which were revised lower, which probably precipitated this action. Not great.

01.08.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."

Welp. Time to start guzzling a gallon of salt with future economic reports.

www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

01.08.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 127    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

2025 is no time for this!

Plus, like, cannoli is healthy. Kinda.

01.08.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wait. You at least took home some cannoli, right? RIGHT? Go back. Go back right now.

01.08.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to be there so bad.

01.08.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hell yeah. Did he ask you if you wanted something to eat, you look too skinny, you should eat something whatsthamatta with you and then produced a plate of baked ziti from under the table?

01.08.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A pound of gabagool, a jar of the good giardeniera, can of Mutti, a little mortadell, and a brick of Parmigiano reggiano. Youre a good egg.

01.08.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You and me both tbh.

01.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol if dude sliced my neck open with a straight edge I'd probably just pass out not gasp. Beards are good! If mine didn't look like Santa's when I grew it out I'd have one too

01.08.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gotta go where the people are. People arent switching ecosystems anymore, and buying multiple consoles is becoming more and more only for the real sickos.

01.08.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just meant a hair cut. Dude thats gruesome sorry that happened to you.

01.08.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me too. Timed exclusives, sure. But everything will have to go everywhere eventually to find growth. Shrug.

01.08.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Microsoftโ€™s success on PlayStation points to the future | Opinion Commercial pressures make it very likely that Sony will launch certain titles on Xbox

"the business rationale is straightforward โ€“ selling more games is good...

It seems inevitable that this is how the future of console software will look for Sony and Microsoft โ€“ multiplatform by default, even for first-party titles, with the exception of a handful of closely guarded exclusives..."

01.08.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ending the de mimis tariff exemption is just crap frosting on a poop cake.

01.08.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big same.

01.08.2025 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Daniel.

01.08.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey that insulated trunk organizer they give you when signing up is legit.

01.08.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love it. Glad you were able to grab the game and dig it.

01.08.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I remember when prices on consoles used to go DOWN over time"

Yeah, well, we all remember a lot of things from the Before Times.

01.08.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 254    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Anticipating further increases across VG manufacturers over time should the chaotic market conditions continue.

01.08.2025 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nintendo Switch Pricing Update - News - Nintendo Official Site Pricing for the original Nintendo Switchโ„ข family of systems and products will change in the United States based on market conditions, effective August 3, 2025. These include Nintendo Switch โ€“ OLED Mod...

"Pricing for the original Nintendo Switchโ„ข family of systems and products will change in the United States based on market conditions, effective August 3, 2025."

As expected. Won't have significant impact. US HW $ sales of Switch were down โ‰ˆ50% vs YA in June with the Switch 2 launch. It ranked 4th.

01.08.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Dammit, you actually did it. You made the perfect list. You sonsaguns you really did it.

01.08.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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