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Mat Piscatella

@matpiscatella.bsky.social

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Senior Director & Video Game Industry Thought Leader at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. I helped get one of your favorite games greenlit.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 12d

Upcoming U.S. video game market results from Circana:
Coverage Month - Public Release Date

Aug (Aug 3 - Aug 30) - Oct 8
Sep (Aug 31 - Oct 4) - Oct 22
Oct (Oct 5 - Nov 1) - Nov 20
Nov (Nov 2 - Nov 29) - Dec 17

Digital Data Sharing Participating Publishers:

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1h

Look, if you're expecting a tractor delivery on Friday, well, I don't know how to tell you this, but although your rep said that's possible, he's going to call you back tomorrow and say that delivery won't be available until first week of November. But he's excited you signed the PO today.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1h

Not at present, but you bet your tractor it's up in the room.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1h

If I wanted to start a farm equipment business, I could undercut this guy just enough to take his entire client list.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1h

Khaki pant and golf shirt Business Guy in hotel lobby and shouting out confidential information for everyone to hear name a better combination mission impossible.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2h

Impossible to know

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2h

Were video games a mistake

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2h

Destiny 2 Expansion Bundle 2025 bundle up on GMG (9 items for $35) buff.ly/x9xl4jM #ad

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 15h

Games are like dogs. There are no bad games, only bad players.

Oh wait, forgot about Sonic.

Uhhhhh

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 16h

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 19h

This is NOT any kind of sales ranking, to be perfectly clear.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 20h

I NEED this on a t-shirt.

BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 23h

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

"Make a playlist" oh I can't believe I never thought of that but then again I can't write emails anymore halp.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

That ChatGPT road trip ad listing getting snacks wow omg what did we ever do before AI.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

If/when there is a change I'll post restated charts.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

It's about reenergizing the cyclical selling curve, not because there will be some massive technical leap.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

I need an anonymous source to tell me there's a Knack 3 in development.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

I'm more expecting arguments around if they should even be called consoles but we'll see I guess.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

Extend that to no part of this entire decade has felt normal and I'm with you.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

Like ya don't need anonymous postings when one could just look at a calendar. Shrug.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

...which also just happens to be normal release cycle cadence.

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 2d

Both PS6 and the next Xbox are planned for a 2027 release, according to separate reports.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps6-and...

PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC

Both companies are reportedly planning to release their next-gen consoles within two years…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure what overall metrics you're referring to but different territories show different preferences. Shrug.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

That kind of leap isn't warranted by this one data point covering one territory over only a couple of days.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out, Ghost of Yotei ranked 12th during its debut, with 4.4% of active PS players that week giving it a go.

Ghost of Tsushima also ranked 12th in its launch week back in 2020 with... 4.4% of active PS players engaging.

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Source: Circana Player Engagement Tracker

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

Circana Player Engagement Tracker - Top 15 Titles by Total Weekly Active Users (Not Concurrent) - W/E Oct 4, 2025

- Ghost of Yotei debuts at 12th on PlayStation
- Megabonk reaches 2nd on Steam US & CAN
- Hogwarts Legacy jumps from 71 to 10 on Xbox with Game Pass release

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

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Nick Landry @activenick.bsky.social · 2d

Nice blog post from my friend @corayseifert.com about #StarWarsOutlaws.
I'm "the person who recommended I play it" in this story. 😉
corayseifert.com/blog/my-love...

My Love Letter to Star Wars: Outlaws — Coray Seifert

I was a hater at first, but this is the best interactive realization of the Star Wars universe I’ve played in a long, long time…

corayseifert.com

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

I greatly enjoyed both!!

Reposted by Mat Piscatella

Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 2d

Went to a Target. Lots of PS5 hardware, zero Series X hardware in stock. A billion different colored controllers for both, though. Also I didn't realize Sony was getting behind Astro Bot with toys and stuff. They had like four different Astro Bot figures and a big $50 plush Astro Bot. Kinda neat!

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