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A tough week for games consoles | Microcast

Latest episode available now, discusses how Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo are approaching the many challenges they currently face

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Chris Dring and James Batchelor take a look at the biggest stories from the business of video games in the last week.

We start by discussing Xbox's announcement of four first-party titles coming to other platforms, as well as Microsoft's wider games strategy, before delving into PlayStation's latest financials, the challenges it faces and the revelation that there will be no major launches from existing franchises until April 2025 at the earliest.

We finish off with the recent reports that Switch 2 may not launch until 2025, and the impact this may have on the wider market.

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Music composed by Thomas Marchant. Episode edited by Alix Attenborough.

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James Batchelor: James is Editor-in-Chief at GamesIndustry.biz, and has been a B2B journalist since 2006. He is author of The Best Non-Violent Video Games
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