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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shipped 10m copies in a weekend. Hogwarts Legacy sold 24m units in a year. Palworld is on 2…

And then there's been Diablo 4, Super Mario Bros Wonder, Baldur's Gate 3, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Resident Evil 4... sales records have been broken consistently over the past 12 months. Microsoft and Sony have grown revenue through things like DLC, microtransactions and subscriptions, but there comes a point where they need more customers, and so it's no surprise to see them push their games onto PC (and in Xbox's case now, other consoles). | Image credit: Eurogamer / GI.biz Nintendo Switch remains a solid performer, but as it approaches its eighth year on the market, sales are understandably (and noticeably) slowing down.

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