There’s plenty of grinning in the gaming industry today, as the biggest companies are experiencing what it likes to be millionaires discovering diamonds in their backyards: They’re slightly richer! Electronic Arts has posted its earnings for the financial year ending on March 31, 2021, and the gist of this story is that the company had its best year ever since it was formed in 1982.

The reduction is more than half, dropping from 30% of every sale down to 12%. Which should make many indie developers very happy.

Despite it existing in a quantum state of uncertainty thanks to supply issues and the ongoing global semiconductor crisis, it turns out that the PlayStation 5 console is still a wildly successful launch for Sony. Look, I’m as surprised as you are.

Even with controversy knocking on its door and its reputation taking a serious hit in the aftermath of the Cyberpunk 2077 launch, CDPR’s financials are looking better than ever thanks to sales of the beleaguered RPG.

Few companies have managed to nail the handheld console market as well as Nintendo, and now that the Switch has turned four years old, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa wants to avoid seeing sales “nosedive” as it enters its middle phase.

Not too shabby considering this is the debut game of developer Iron Gate. I’m sure they’re all celebrating with mead and ale as we speak.

Last year’s launch of the PS5 was a perfect example of what happens when constrained supply meets high demand. Between rabid fans and unscrupulous scalpers, you couldn’t find a single next-gen console in stock. So how well did the PS5 sell then once all the buying dust had settled? Sony published the earning results for Q3 FY2020 this morning, and as you’d expect, the answer is very.

Nintendo needed a big hit after the Wii U flopped, and it fortunately arrived in the form of a console that was equally at home when docked to a TV or nestled in your hands when you were out in the street. Nintendo’s business is primarily Switch-focused now, as the console is pretty much the main event player that brings in all the big cash for the company.