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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 · 10d

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 · 9h

"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 · 9h

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 · 11h

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

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 14h

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

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 14h

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

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 20h

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 · 15h

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

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 16h

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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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Nick Landry @activenick.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

I greatly enjoyed both!!

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 1d

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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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

Heh, the wife's a sconnie

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

Let's go Brewers

a man in a leather jacket is talking about something

ALT: a man in a leather jacket is talking about something

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

Tap Room in Pacific Beach. Highly recommend if you're ever nearby.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

But yeah, every survey has an expected range of error and confidence level. It's fine. Consider it directional if you wish.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

This is quite a big sample for this type of study tbh. All a bigger sample would do is lower the range of error by a tiny amount and very slightly increase confidence. A sample of 300 would be sufficient if representive. Statistics are wild.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely do not need millions for any survey with proper sampling and weighting. Anyways.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 5d

n=2.5k, fielded Jul 28-Aug 11, US active video game players aged 13+, weighted based on representative distribution of platform use and investment.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2d

A really good local establishment beer board chalk artist is underappreciated.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 3d

Only thing you can do is keep them going until Sunday.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 3d

Smoke em if you got em