Here's the PlayStation games that got the most NEW players over the holidays (Dec 21 to Jan 4, @alineaanalytics estimates). Full write-up over on Substack. Link's in my bio!

Forza Horizon 5 PS5 port tops 5 million sales, securing $300m in additional sales for Xbox https://t.co/ZkIrnqVGoa

Forza Horizon 5 crossed 5 million copies sold on PS5 this week (@alineaanalytics estimates) That's over $300M in revenue from a port of a four-year old game. Xbox's move to third-party is no mystery, especially given Microsoft's lofty profitability mandates.

Here were the top Xbox games by NEW players from Dec 21 to Jan 5 (@alineaanalytics estimates). There's plenty of overlap with PlayStation, but the ordering was different (due to platform preferences and geographies). @JezCorden has a story on that comment coming soon..

I’m being 1984’d because my takes are too correct and my jaw is too perfect. Why must persecution always befall the beautiful geniuses? 😔

Some Steam holiday copies sold data for you (@alineaanalytics estimates). Every game was discounted in one way or another. Nice to see Slay the Spire sneak in, ahead of the sequel's early-access launch in March. PUMPED. Find the full write-up on our Substack (link in bio)

ARC Raiders reached a record 3.2 million players yesterday, marking its biggest day ever. 🤯 The game has also sold over 12 million copies, generating more than $350 million in revenue. 📈

ARC Raiders passed 12M copies sold over the weekend (@alineaanalytics estimates) Yesterday was its biggest day ever by DAUs (3.2M). Daily copies sold started to stabilise by early Dec, but a well-timed 20% discount across all platforms – and the holiday boost – reversed that.

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2025 GOTY top 10: 10. Expedition 33 9. Ghost of Yōtei 8. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor 7. Dispatch 6. Death Stranding 2 5. Donkey Kong Bananza 4. Hades II 3. Hollow Knight: Silksong 2. Blue Prince 1. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Beast of a year! Full write-up on the whys below:

I don’t think we need a new PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo generation until 2030

Games made in Sweden stood for 20% of the revenue on Steam in 2025. Pretty impressive considering Sweden’s size of 10 million inhabitants. Source: @alineaanalytics

PlayStation 2025 Wrap-Up just dropped! Not bad for an analyst. I also played A LOT on PC, Xbox, and Switch 2...

Indies made 25% of Steam's 2025 revenue! $500M+ (3% of Steam's revs) came from these 5 new 2025 indies: Schedule I: $151M R.E.P.O: $147M PEAK: $87M Silksong: $75M Duckov $53M (@alineaanalytics estimates) Steam has generated of $17.7B so far this year, +15% YoY. Link in bio!

My Steam Replay stats, as well as some extra playtime data that wasn't tracked (Replay doesn't track offline play, and I was on a LOT of long-haul flights this year with my Steam Deck). Whoever said analysts don't play new games?

Damn! Huge spike in Expedition 33 copies sold since the Game Awards (@alineaanalytics estimates) It sold an extra 200K+ copies since: 76% on Steam, 21% on PS5, and 3% on Xbox. Around 52K Xbox players accessed E33 via Game Pass for the first time, too. Free Substack link in bio.

Here are the Game Awards reveals that got the most Steam followers following the event (@alineaanalytics estimates) Analysis in the new free Substack (link in bio)

PlayStation 2025 Wrap-Up just dropped! Not bad for an analyst. I also played A LOT on PC, Xbox, and Switch 2...

Here are the Game Awards GOTY nominees that have sold the most copies since their nominations (@alineaanalytics copies sold - Xbox, Steam, and PC only, so no DK data). Price drops also had a huge impact here. Full deep dive in the free Substack. Link in bio.

$DIB Assetto clocks around 2M MAUs on Steam (according to our estimates) which is about a third of the whole PDX portfolio at 6M MAUs Kinda crazy when you think about it. Still a big difference in monetization though hopefully they’re onto something great with Assetto EVO