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Mat Piscatella

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Senior Director & Video Game Industry Thought Leader at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. I helped get one of your favorite games greenlit.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 6d

Upcoming U.S. video game market results from Circana:
Coverage Month - Public Release Date

Aug (Aug 3 - Aug 30) - Oct 8
Sep (Aug 31 - Oct 4) - Oct 22
Oct (Oct 5 - Nov 1) - Nov 20
Nov (Nov 2 - Nov 29) - Dec 17

Digital Data Sharing Participating Publishers:

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 8h

Just an epic all-timer brain fart

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 8h

Mitch Williams sitting back thinking yeah I'm good now

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 8h

Rick Steves is the best, and this is wonderful news.

Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 9h

Thread:

A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 10h

I'll have to look!

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 10h

Well, around 90% of console/PC players also play mobile, so yeah. Overwhelming majority of players play across 2 or more platform types.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 10h

I'd leave it all behind to see a Pads playoff clincher but lucky for me that's not likely to ever happen again so

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 10h

Real fans would quit their jobs cmon now.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 11h

If not the Padres of it all! Only Will Myers gave us that power and dude is long gone. Such is life.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 11h

Ikr

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 11h

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 12h

Pretty sure I caught Covid in early 2020 at the Santa Clara Hilton while playing Gylt on Stadia via hotel wifi in the lobby bar just to see if I could do it (it worked way better than expected!) while the couple next to me kept coughing and wheezing. Good times.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 14h

Found this hidden gem thanks to the Indie Spotlight coverage over at Games Radar. Only half an hour in but its pretty cool so far and perfect vibes for spoopy season. Check a look if you're into that kind of thing.

www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...

Gloomy Eyes is the perfect Tim Burton-esque scarytale to usher in October, and I was immediately charmed by its creepy yet chill puzzles

Indie Spotlight | A modern gothic zombie tale framing an environmental puzzler? Sign my Halloween-loving self right up

www.gamesradar.com

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 17h

The question specifically asked here is "How often do you typically purchase a new game?"

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 19h

Consoles sell cyclically (ie console cycles), and what we're seeing with PS5 sales is perfectly normal, and it continues to trend ahead of PS4 on a time aligned basis. It's fine.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 19h

If I can't zoom in to see the rock pores on Knack's butt what are video games even doing

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 19h

We track global, we publicly report on only the US. Canada's ESA publishes the Circana Canada charts.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 20h

*looks at calendar*

Yep, it is about that time, isn't it.

...time for KNACK 3 THAT IS!

IGN @ign.com · 20h

Sony tech wizard Mark Cerny has teased new graphics features he's excited to bring to "a future console in a few years time," sparking a wave of PS6 release date speculation in the process. https://bit.ly/3KFH3CQ

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 20h

It is highly likely Expedition 33 would not make the annual top 20 at this point regardless. And it's a revenue-based chart, so titles that come out at lower price points such as Silksong would also be at a disadvantage.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 20h

It usually gets to PS+ around World Series time, and it was on Game Pass day 1 for a few years there until this year. I'm guessing it will show up eventually.

Hope it does, anyways. Just so maybe I can play one game without my soul being crushed.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

I'll ask. I've never played League so if what I said made any sense I just how do you do fellow kids'd successfully. Woot 1337 h4x0rz

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

Went to see my doc today and found out dude plays League.

He then looked at my blood pressure and asked if I was Inting and I said nah just looking for a buff and he said whatever feeder just uninstall life and now I'm sad.

Okay the second bit I made up but still.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

This is the game I mentioned on Game Mess Mornings today.

It's cute!

So Many Games @somanygames.co.uk · 1d

Meet quirky characters, venture through the depths of South America, and learn the importance of the things we pass along in this unforgettable emotional narrative adventure.

Learn more on SOPA - Tale of the Stolen Potato in our full review:

somanygames.co.uk/review/sopa-...

A child sits awkwardly on a chair and is resting his head on his hand. He is in the kitchen.

The following quote from our review is on the bottom left of the picture:

"Over the course of the game, a wonderful cast of quirky characters had assembled, and Miho rose to the top of that group."

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

Not really... Mafia ranking so high was a nice surprise tho.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

Huge thanks to @giantbomb.bsky.social and everyone who checked it out.

We talked about hardware pricing, and here's the chart I was referring to about how prices have changed over the past several years, if you're into that kind of thing.

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