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.
Joined April 2014
Some personal news: . I’m now the Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners. I’ve been at Niko Partners for almost 7 years and will be taking on this new role to lead and further develop our entire syndicated research and insights subscription line of business.
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A lot of people are criticising Sony for raising the price of the PS5, but this is actually a good move and they're saving you money. For example, I was originally going to buy a PS5 for 499 euro but now i'm not buying a PS5 at all.
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PSSR is the most exciting thing about the PS5 Pro by far IMO. If the Pro can upscale native 1080p to 4K with CLEAN image quality, it will be a complete gamechanger. Probably going to see this tech in the PlayStation 6 and beyond. FSR just isn't cutting it atm.
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This isn't unique to the Harris campaign. The Trump campaign has already been featured in numerous video games from Wolfenstein to Call of Duty WW2.
The Harris-Walz 2024 campaign's new Fortnite map Freedom Town, USA is part of the Democrats’ push to reach gamers and young voters.
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bruh. It's an image of a fridge. I added a fridge next to the Xbox Series X and called it the PS5. It was a joke.
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420,000,000 Mbps is extremely fast!. With that speed you can download:.Baldur's gate 3 in four milliseconds.Call of Duty in four hours.
Internet speed record of 420,000,000 Mbps achieved using standard optic fibre cabling, fast enough to download Baldur's Gate 3 in less than four milliseconds.
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White sorority girls from Texas will be quoting Mao by the end of the week.
Chinese retailer Shein raises prices by up to 377% to offset Trump tariffs — Bloomberg.
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Not sure why Microsoft wants to buy Discord when they could just download it for free.
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More AAA games need to include vivid color grading like this.
Sucker Punch, man. They’re so good at this whole making games thing
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Minecraft.- Best selling game of all time.- Played by 126m people every month .- Iconic to everyone. Twitter: "But who asked for this".
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Here is a look at Black Myth: Wu Kong, a new single player action adventure / RPG game developed by Chinese indie studio Game Science Studio. It is based on Journey to the West mythology. The game is planned to release for PC and Consoles and is using UE4. No release date.
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Elden Ring would be better if the weapons broke every 30 seconds.
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oh so everyone is unhappy that cyberpunk 2077 is full of bugs but absolutely no one is calling out bugsnax for the same issue. i see how it is.
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Persona 5 is the perfect game for Game Pass because it forces people to subscribe for at least 5 years to 100% it.
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Spec comparison between PS5 / Xbox Series X / Nintendo Switch
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Damn! That’s at least $12.38 GameStop trade in credit.
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Meanwhile in China where there are over 400 million esports fans.
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Sony's marketing after pricing PS5 first party games at $70
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The Last of Us 2 claims to be a realistic video game but it depicts someone playing the PlayStation Vita in 2038.
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Sony even remastered the PS5 Pro announcement.
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This confirms no Nintendo Switch games at the event.
Our YouTube Livestream for #SummerGameFest will run live in 4K 60 fps this year.
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Y'all wanted Mario Kart 9 but instead you got Mario Kart $9.99.
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The C stands for Copyright. Pressing the button allows you to report any rom websites, fan games, or other copyright infringements directly to Nintendo so they can issue a cease & desist.
Nintendo has teased Switch 2's new C button ahead of the Direct tomorrow
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Ads: 1 hour .Game trailers: 45 minutes.Talking about awards: 30 minutes .Hideo Kojima speech: 2 hours .Acceptance speeches: 30 seconds.Addressing layoffs: 0 seconds . Someone who is good at award shows please help me run this! My Game Awards show is dying!.
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Broke: Watching all Death Stranding trailers and not knowing what the hell is going on. Woke: Reading the description on the official website and realising this sounds awesome.
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So anyway, here's the promotional video for Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers from Square Enix on the left and the promotional video for Doula Continent: Soul Master Duel from 37 Interactive on the right.
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For those confused why Square Enix's press conference was quite short that's because you need to watch the other versions for it all to make sense. Square Enix E3 0.2 .Square Enix E3 1.5 + 2.5 Remix.Square Enix E3 358/2 days.Square Enix E3 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue.
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So the same as every other game???.
Rumour: Leaker says Legend of Zelda game starring Zelda as the main character coming
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@davenewworld_2 It’s funny because if TikTok really was a national security / data privacy threat they’d be banning every app from a non US ally. Also the Biden admin wouldn’t have set up their own TikTok accounts to campaign during the last election cycle.
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Nintendo can get around the tariffs by using floating claw machines just outside US waters. You can take a boat and pay $450 for unlimited attempts to win a Switch 2 from a claw machine. If you win, it counts as “personal treasure,” exempt from tariffs under maritime salvage laws.
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The Xbox Series X may not ship with 'Halo Infinite' but it still has great launch software such as 'System Software Update V1.01'.
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Fun Fact: The entire Dark Souls series had sold 27 million units combined prior to Elden Ring's release. Now Elden Ring alone has surpassed that total.
Namco Bandai confirmed Elden Ring has sold over 28.6 million copies worldwide as of September 2024. In June 2024, they last reported 25 million units sold, so this is a 3.6 million unit increase over a 3 months period.
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"Mom, can we get Elden Ring". "We have Elden Ring at home". Elden Ring at home:
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Guy who lived through the DS, Wii, Wii U, 3DS & Switch: . "Hmm, I was expecting something more powerful".
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This was the best event for the PlayStation brand since the Xbox One reveal event in 2013.
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A Chinese Animal Crossing player has set up a store on their Island where other players can buy custom designed in game items from them. They added their WeChat Pay and AliPay QR codes as a custom design in the game so people can send them real world money for the items. lol
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“Presented by US Air Force”.
A phone case that makes you FEEL like you're playing a Game Boy? Check out what we found at #ces2025 Presented by @usairforce
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"A rushed game is forever bad,. A delayed game is Cyberpunk 2077.". - Shigeru Miyamoto (Probably).
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Here's something that no English language media outlet has caught on to: . Overwatch 2 currently has 100k reviews on Steam since launching 3 days ago, of which 91% are negative. However, nearly 2/3 of those reviews (63k) are written in S.Chinese, with 97% of them being.
Oof, Overwatch 2 is sitting at a user score of Overwhelmingly Negative on Steam, with only 11% positive reviews from almost 60,000 players, making it the worst user rated game of all time on the platform currently.
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Some unique decorations in front of this PlayStation Store in Guangzhou, China.
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@parismarx I think a lot of people are just jealous of Elon Musk because he’s on track to become a millionaire and they’re not.
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So this account is an American man who pretended to be a Japanese girl online, using broken accented English to sell the character, and tried to build a following by posting Sega related rumors for clout?. Do I have that right lmao.
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Game Engine Development: $10,000,000.Art: $5,000,000.Marketing: $20,000,000.Distribution: $8,000,0000.Employee Salaries: $100.CEO Bonus: $90,000,000. Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me Budget This. My game development business is dying!.
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@KHAMCHANH The social credit one is always my favourite. It’s never been a thing and even western media admitted that recently. It’s doubly funny when you remember Americans live with an actual credit score system that dictates all aspects of their life.
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Video games really need that "we see you haven't played this game in six months so here is a quick tutorial to help you remember how to play" feature asap.
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This is going to be the Nintendo Switch killer!. Not because it sells well, but because you can use the Steam Deck to literally kill the Switch with enough blunt force applied.
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@Nibellion I hope that whatever the outcome of this situation, it doesn't take away from the actual discussion that should be taking place about unfair compensation across the VA (and other) industry and how residuals need to become industry standard.
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*CHINA PRESIDENT XI WILL MEET WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS INCLUDING FRANCE PRESIDENT, SPAIN PM, AND EU PRESIDENT IN VIETNAM IN THE COMING WEEKS AMID RISING GLOBAL TRADE TENSIONS OVER U.S. TARIFFS -- EUROPE SEEKING GREATER INTIMACY WITH CHINA & SOUTHEAST ASIA TO OFFSET U.S. RELIANCE.
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The Japanese people in question. (This is like 95% of the comments btw)
A Japanese Petition to Cancel AC Shadows Gets 30,000 Signatures.
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I think it says a lot that there have been multiple news articles about Nibel leaving Twitter, not to mention his account was the #4 trend on Twitter US . His contribution was immeasurable. Will miss his presence on here for sure. I wish him the best of luck for the future!
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A lot of people are asking how there could be a season 3 & 4 for the TV show when TLOU3 isn't even out yet. The good news is that Season 3 will likely be released after TLOU3 because we'll get Season 1 Remaster, Season 1 Remake, Season 2 Remaster and Season 2 Remake first.
The Last of Us Season 2 will be 7 episodes. A potential 3rd season will be "significantly larger" and possibly bigger in scope, and there could be a season 4 coming “We don’t think that we’re going to be able to tell the story even within two seasons [2
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PlayStation Italy has set up a temporary statue of Aloy in Florence to promote the launch of Horizon: Forbidden West.
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Ok, I downloaded the Delta app. How do I play DS games on this thing?
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Nintendo shifted its manufacturing to Vietnam to avoid tariffs and with today’s reciprocal tariff announcements they’re likely going to end up paying tariffs anyway.
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Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have written a joint letter to oppose proposed tariffs from the Trump administration. Tariffs on video game consoles are currently set to increase by 25%. 96% of video game consoles imported to the US were from China.
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A lot of people think Sony buying Bungie Bungie around the same time as the Microsoft / Activision Blizzard deal was fate. Some people think it was a coincidence. I think it was destiny.
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A lot of people may be wondering why Sony is releasing a PS5 remake of game that came out less than 10 years ago. It's important to remember that by the time you actually get a PS5 to play it, it will have released more than 15 years ago.
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Embracer says it's looking out for shareholders after cutting almost 1,400 jobs. "Our overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation".
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@HasanabiProd What’s sad is millions of Americans actually believe this about black and brown people outside of the global north.
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Why are there so many Americans larping as Japanese online???? . How has this happened twice this month?.
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Halo Infinite multiplayer, which launched *looks at watch* about 2.5 hours ago, has already surpassed 162k peak concurrent users on Steam. This makes it the most successful Xbox Game Studios title of all time on Steam. Halo MCC hit 161k PCCU.Forza Horizon 5 hit 81k PCCU.
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Shift Up CEO, Hyung-Tae Kim celebrated the successful showing of Project Eve at the PlayStation showcase by purchasing a PS5 for each of his 260 staff.
Slice into the stylish action of Project Eve, a slick new game from Shift Up coming to PS5:
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A digital PlayStation 5 console makes sense in 2020 and will be popular, but if we're finally at that point then it's also worth having a conversation about digital game rights. We can re-sell, gift and refund physical games. There should be similar options for digital.
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