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Daniel Ahmad
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Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners.
I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA.
I tweet insights about gaming + more.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · Oct 19
Hi Bluesky,

I'm the director of research and insights at Niko Partners, a market research and consultancy firm that covers the video game market in Asia & MENA.

I share insights on the video games industry, as well as thoughts on tech, politics, history, science and public transit.
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bk2128.bsky.social
Direct feed gameplay vids of DW3 Remastered TpGS 2026 demo have finally appeared
Chinese vers:
Zhao Yun www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOe_...
SSX www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Sa...
Xiahou Dun www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvb_...

Japanese ver:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh1Q...
【TpGS 26】趙雲《真‧三國無雙 2 with 猛將傳 Remastered》中文配音開發中版本
YouTube video by 巴哈姆特電玩瘋
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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shinobi602.bsky.social
Xbox Report | Q2 FY26 Results

▪️Total Gaming Revenue was down -9% YoY
▪️Content and Services were down -5%
▪️Hardware revenue dropped -32%

More ➡️ www.microsoft.com/en-us/Invest...

#Xbox
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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jamellebouie.net
rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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ign.com
Did the Nintendo Switch 2 really have a bad holiday?

We asked analysts: https://bit.ly/45vtf5y
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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parismarx.com
“Danes are turning to mobile apps to scan everyday products and boycott those associated with the US. … The most popular — UdenUSA (Danish for Without the USA) — is now the No. 1 free-to-download application in Apple’s App Store in Denmark, after seeing a sudden surge in recent weeks.”
Trump-Weary Danes Turn to Technology in Boycott of US Brands
Vegemite, the yeasty spread from Australia, gets a passing green checkmark. So does a French bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. But Diet Coke, a favorite of President Donald Trump? To that, a popular new ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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shinobi602.bsky.social
Dispatch is censored on Switch, as mandated by Nintendo:

"We worked with Nintendo to ensure the content within the title met the criteria to release on their platforms[...]core narrative and gameplay experience remains identical to the original release" said AdHoc

www.eurogamer.net/dispatch-swi...
"The core narrative and gameplay experience remains identical" AdHoc reassures Dispatch players on Switch as it confirms Nintendo platform versions are censored
Dispatch is gearing up for its debut on Switch later today, however there will be some censorship differences on Nintendo's consoles.
www.eurogamer.net
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
China, for the past couple of years, has deployed as many wind farms and solar panels as the rest of the world combined. It's also exporting its solar tech on a massive scale, bringing down the price of electricity across the globe. 🔋
How China Is Driving Down Electricity Costs With Renewables
China is reshaping its energy economy with renewables like wind and solar—and flooding the world with affordable solar technology.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
zhugeex.com
Huh. I figured she would have preferred Unreal Engine.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
Melania Trump calls for unity.
January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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jasonschreier.bsky.social
BREAKING: Amazon Game Studios boss Christoph Hartmann (formerly head of 2K) is leaving the company, Bloomberg News has learned, as Amazon continues its retreat from the PC and console video-game space in favor of its cloud gaming service Luna.
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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elienyc.bsky.social
The Battle of Minneapolis is far from over. But Trump... flinched. The People are doing what the law and the Democrats cannot: defending thier rights and the rights of others.

My latest in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The People Are Winning the Battle Against ICE
The brave protesters in Minneapolis are doing everything that Democrats and even the law have failed to do.
www.thenation.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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vanityfair.com
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
zhugeex.com
"Additionally, the Switch 2's holiday wasn't on the slower side everywhere. In Asia, Niko Partners director of research and insights Daniel Ahmad says the Switch 2 had a good holiday."

Includes comments from myself:
Did the Nintendo Switch 2 Really Have a Bad Holiday? We Asked Analysts - IGN
Since December, we've been seeing (and writing!) headlines discussing the seeming slowdown of Nintendo Switch 2 sales going into the holiday season. But there's some nuance to this narrative, so I kic...
www.ign.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:57 PM
zhugeex.com
My reaction to this game
January 28, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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nbedera.bsky.social
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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gamedeveloper.bsky.social
'We are shutting it down:' Ubisoft unions call for international strike
'We are shutting it down:' Ubisoft unions call for international strike
Five unions in France have proposed a mass walkout in February in response to widespread cost-cutting and a return-to-office mandate.
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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gamedeveloper.bsky.social
Report: NetEase Games is cutting jobs in Montreal
Report: NetEase Games is cutting jobs in Montreal
The layoffs appear to have impacted staff working in QA.
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
zhugeex.com
CNN aren't even trying with this one
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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thetrin.blacksky.app
I think there's a serious issue with people believing that negative reception to a game is somehow "more honest" than positive reception, and that if someone hates something, they are to be trusted. It leaves little room for honest, dissenting opinion.
headfallsoff.com headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 1d
do you guys ever think this might be a bit much
January 27, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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ilhanmn.bsky.social
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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polygon.com
Critical reception and player response are all over the map
Highguard is off to a rocky start at launch
Critical reception and player response are all over the map
www.polygon.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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fullslack.bsky.social
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"

"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"

Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 27, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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aftermath.site
"I do not feel safe in the country": international developers are skipping GDC because of Trump's border chaos:

aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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truthout.org
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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noescapevg.com
wait, so Visa, Mastercard et. al can go after video game storefronts for six fucking months for having porn games but the moment X/Grok starts generating ACTUAL CHILD PORN they CHANGE THEIR POLICIES? dawg,
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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jamellebouie.net
it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
ayoub.bsky.social elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM