Joining us on this episode is friend of the show Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Our discussion includes the state of the industry, the component crisis and hardware costs,…
Between GameStop and Ryan Cohen’s clownery and new Xbox leadership’s 100-day death march, it’s another grim moment for the game industry. Former OpenAI head (now Xbox CEO) Asha Sharma laments the hardware crisis caused by……
Ryan Cohen was only offered store credit as trade-in value for his time as GameStop CEO, so he’s trying to buy eBay in one of the most foolish business moves we’ve ever seen. Also: Circana…
With Epic laying off 1,000 people, the game industry job market has gone from “extremely chilly” to “nearing absolute zero.” Also: a recap of GDC’s challenged year, Circana Report on U.S spending for February 2026,…
This was supposed to be a show just about earnings. All we wanted to do was cover the earnings… but Sony closed Bluepoint, Nintendo is releasing $20 Pokemon ROMs, and Microsoft appears to have ousted…
We’re joined by two special guests on this milestone episode. Please welcome Andy Pan (the only person who has previously co-hosted a show with us) and Greg Alderton, Virtual Economy’s lead moderator! With 14,000 people…
Bonus Episode 11: The PAX West 2025 Roundup
- September 22, 2025
- Tagged as: Ambrosia Sky, Arcane Eats, Beatdown City Survivors, Black Jacket, Blocks for Babies, Demon School, Fallen Tear: The Ascension, Fractured Blooms, Framework, Fresh Tracks, G'Aim'e, Letter Lost, Mistfall Hunter, Nintendo, Rogue Eclipse, Starcade: Factions, Starseeker: Astroneer, Swap Meat, Terrible Lizards, Tokyo Extreme Racer, World of Kylia:
PAX West 2025 felt like home for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown ended. We recap our favorite games and tech from the show. You can support Virtual Economy’s growth via our Ko-Fi and…
Following the flagging performance of Destiny 2 and Marathon woes, Sony has jettisoned embattled Bungie studio head Pete Parsons. They’ve also announced significant hikes on PS5 prices. Also: Another Subnautica 2 lawsuit, a BioShock shakeup,…
The original Nintendo Switch launched at $300 USD. The Switch 2 price was absent from the huge Nintendo Direct, only to be quietly revealed at $450. As for game prices, Mario Kart World is a…
Another bad quarter for Embracer could have ripple effects throughout the industry. Also: Sony, Nintendo, Sega, and Square Enix earnings, legal trouble for NetEase executives, a strike at Activision Blizzard, and more. You can support…