ArticleGameDev Reports
Games and Numbers: July 29 — August 11, 2026
11 Aug 20261 pages~5 min full read
Key insights
8 slides
The market snapshot
The update tracks PC, console, and mobile performance milestones.
The bi-weekly industry update covers commercial success, player engagement, and hardware sales.
Key number
Grand Theft Auto V has surpassed 230 million units sold.
The title maintains its position as the best-selling title of the past decade. The entire GTA series has reached nearly 475 million copies sold.
Record week
Pokémon GO generated $48.5 million during its 10th-anniversary week.
This record-breaking performance was 5.9 times higher than the previous week's revenue.
Digital shift
PlayStation 5 digital game sales accounted for 82% of quarterly sales.
PlayStation 5 hardware sales have reached 95 million units globally. Digital game sales accounted for 82% of the 66.1 million units sold during the most recent quarter.
Mixed results
Nintendo Switch 2 console sales declined 34.4% year-on-year.
Console sales fell to 3.82 million units for the quarter. Software sales for the platform increased 9.2% to 9.46 million copies.
Film effect
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey daily active users surged 90% after a film release.
A Christopher Nolan film release triggered the surge in daily active users. Xbox platform engagement increased by 134%.
Rapid success
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs recouped its development budget within 12 hours.
The title generated over $1.1 million in gross revenue from 75.7 thousand copies sold on Steam.
First week
Machine Party achieved 500,000 copies sold in its first week.
The title reached a peak concurrent player count of 22,629.
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