Neowin News Feed for: Sales

Nintendo's Switch 2 launch exposes a surprising financial fallout

Paul Hill — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:28:01 +0000

Nintendo has released its second quarter earnings for 2025. It said that the Switch 2 sold 3.5 million units in the first four days, the highest of any Nintendo platform. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge sales are apparently terrible

Usama Jawad — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:46:01 +0000

A report claims that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is performing quite poorly in sales a month after launch. The reasons behind this are currently unknown. Read more...

Report: iPhone 16 Pro models pre-orders low, iPhone 16/16 Plus register more sales

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:24:01 +0000

Reports suggest that people aren't much interested in this year's iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max as pre-orders have gone down. Read more...

Apple's India sales surge, doubling revenue in two-year period

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:16:01 +0000

Apple's performance in India has been exceptional, with sales reaching $8 billion in the fiscal year ending March 2024, a 33% increase from the previous year and nearly double the sales in 2022. Read more...

Microsoft kicks off new fiscal year with a huge set of incentives for its partners

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:08:01 +0000

Microsoft announced new partner benefits and skilling opportunities, including new benefit packages and 20 new product licenses. It will also offer 12 more in-person AI Partner Training Days. Read more...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom passes 10 million copies sold in just three days

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 17 May 2023 15:08:01 +0000

Nintendo has confirmed that 10 million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has already been sold in the first three days since launch. Expect more records as days go by. Read more...

Forecaster says Western Europe's PC market decline bottomed in the first quarter

Paul Hill — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:10:01 +0000

The analyst company Canalys believes that Western Europe's PC market has bottomed out in terms of declines. Further declines are expected this year, but won't be as steep as the one in Q1'23. Read more...

Rivian in talks with Amazon to end truck exclusivity

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:58:01 +0000

Rivian is looking to alter a 2019 agreement it made with Amazon so that it can sell its vans to other companies. It comes after Amazon decided to buy a lower number of Rivian vans than expected. Read more...

The Nintendo Switch is now the third best selling console ever, but it's not all good news

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:56:02 +0000

The Nintendo Switch console has now sold 122.55 million units since it was first launched in 2017. However, sales of the Switch were lower than expected for the holiday quarter of 2022. Read more...

Sony cuts PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast following disappointing pre-orders [Update]

Usama Jawad — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:30:01 +0000

Following disappointing pre-order figures for its expensive PlayStation VR2 headset, Sony has reportedly cut initial shipment forecasts by almost 50%. The new hardware costs more than a PS5. Read more...

Report: Musk stops Twitter's layoff spree, to add more people in engineering and sales

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 06:44:01 +0000

According to a new report, Elon Musk has said that he hasn't planned any more layoffs and that he will start actively recruiting for roles in engineering and sales. He has also asked for referrals. Read more...

PC and tablet sales expected to decline this year and next

Paul Hill — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 22:47:41 +0000

IDC has forecasted that we'll see PC and tablet sales fall until 2024. In part, this will be due to the economic turbulence. Another factor is that people have bought these items during the pandemic. Read more...

NVIDIA lost a billion dollars which AMD may have picked up from gaming GPU sales

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 22:06:01 +0000

NVIDIA reported $2.04 billion in gaming revenue for the first half of 2022, down from the $3.06 billion it made in 2021. AMD, on the other hand, managed to increase its revenue from gaming. Read more...

Microsoft will supply AdTech to Netflix for its new, cheaper subscription tier with ads

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:58:01 +0000

Netflix confirmed that Microsoft will offer its expertise to develop a new subscription tier for the streaming company that will contain ads. Microsoft would offer AdTech and Sales support as well. Read more...

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You can now add product tags to Instagram posts, but you won't get a sales commission

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:20:01 +0000

Anyone with a public Instagram account in the U.S. can now add product tags to their posts. This will allow your followers to purchase items with ease, but you won't get a sales commission. Read more...

Microsoft halts all new sales of its products in Russia

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Microsoft is suspending all "new" sales of its products in Russia. This includes Xbox, Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure. The implication is that existing customers will remain supported. Read more...

Samsung sold four times more foldable devices in 2021 than it did last year

Usama Jawad — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:28:01 +0000

Samsung has revealed some interesting facts regarding the sales of its foldables, claiming that its latest form factor is actually enticing more customers to switch compared to traditional flagships. Read more...

Apple's $19 Polishing Cloth is backordered into 2022 due to immense popularity

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 03:48:01 +0000

Apple's revolutionary $19 Polishing Cloth that "cleans any Apple display... safely and effectively" is reportedly outpacing demand, and if you order one now, you would probably get it in 2022. Read more...

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Sales of Samsung's flagship phones dwindling: Korean media

Chandrakant Isi — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:22:01 +0000

As per the South Korean media, Samsung's latest Galaxy S21 series hasn't been selling well compared to its predecessors. To add to its woes, Xiaomi is posing a threat to its global dominance. Read more...

Sony has now sold 10 million PlayStation 5 consoles

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:38:01 +0000

Sony has revealed that it has sold over 10 million PlayStation 5 consoles since launch. SIE CEO Jim Ryan also admitted that the company is struggling to keep up with demand due to chip shortages. Read more...

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Asher Madan — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:16:01 +0000

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Sony sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5 units in 2020

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:12:02 +0000

As part of its financial results posted today, SOny has revealed that it sold 4.5 million units of the PlayStation 5 in 2020. The console was on the market for about a month and a half. Read more...

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Nintendo bumps sales forecast as Switch beats lifetime NES sales

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:30:01 +0000

Nintendo has released its earnings results for the first half of its 2021 fiscal year, posting a 209% increase in profits over 2020. The company also revised its forecast for the rest of the year. Read more...

Sony seeing significant demand for its next-gen console

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:24:01 +0000

President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan has said that the PlayStation 5 has seen considerable interest during the pre-order period and said not everyone will find one for launch. Read more...

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Huawei's H1 sales rebound amidst criticism of its 5G equipment

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:28:01 +0000

Despite a stagnant first quarter, Huawei reported CNY454 billion ($65 billion) in revenue during the first half of 2020, a 13.1% increase year-on-year, with a net profit margin of 9.2%. Read more...

OnePlus 8 Pro will be sold via flash sales in the EU for now, India launch delayed

Rajesh Pandey — Thu, 28 May 2020 05:06:02 +0000

Due to "off the charts" demand and supply issues for the OnePlus 8 Pro, the company will be hosting flash sales for the device in the EU. The flash sale will take place every Thursday at 10 AM. Read more...

Xiaomi reports good sales figures following first lockdowns

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 May 2020 15:18:01 +0000

Xiaomi has said that its sales outperformed analysts expectation in the first quarter. The results are a little bit surprising given the fact that China and many other countries have been locked down. Read more...

Logitech sales soar as schools, colleges, and workplaces shift to stay-at-home policies

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 12 May 2020 10:40:01 +0000

Due to the surge in demand for computing peripherals amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Logitech reported a 13.6% rise in quarterly sales—a rise to $709.2 million from $624.3 million a year earlier. Read more...

Smartphone shipments fell by 13% in Q1 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak and lockdown

Rajesh Pandey — Fri, 01 May 2020 16:00:01 +0000

Smartphone shipments fell by 13% to 272 million units in Q1 2020 as the industry was heavily impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown that followed across China and other countries worldwide. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy S20 series sales affected by coronavirus pandemic

Rajesh Pandey — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:38:01 +0000

Samsung Galaxy S20 sales have been below expectations with the device accounting for only 60% of the sales of the Galaxy S10 series across all major South Korean mobile carriers so far. Read more...

China: Apple shipped 2.5 million iPhone devices in March

Paul Hill — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:46:01 +0000

Chinese data suggests that Apple iPhone sales rebounded in March compared to February due to the lifting of coronavirus restrictions. February marked Apple's worst performance in China. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy S20 reportedly selling a lot less units than the Galaxy S10

Rajesh Pandey — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:38:02 +0000

Samsung has reportedly sold 60% less Galaxy S20 units compared to the Galaxy S10 in the same timeframe. The company discussed the poor sales of the S20 series in a private conference call Read more...

Amazon will stop non-essential sales and shipments in India

Usman Khan Lodhi — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:00:01 +0000

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on Tuesday that it will stop non-essential sales and shipments in the country, following a similar move in Italy and Spain. Read more...

Samsung has sold 1 million Galaxy Fold units worldwide [Update: Nope!]

Rajesh Pandey — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:18:01 +0000

Samsung has sold one million units of the Galaxy Fold, its first foldable device. This is despite its steep price tag of $2,000+ and how easy it is to cause damage to the device's display. Read more...

Nintendo sees the best Switch sales week ever in the U.S. over Thanksgiving week

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:30:02 +0000

Nintendo has revealed that it sold over 830,000 Switch units in the United States during Thanksgiving week, the best sales week the hybrid console has seen in the region since its release. Read more...

Nintendo Switch could surpass SNES in lifetime sales in Q3

Boyd Chan — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:08:01 +0000

Having already topped the Wii U, GameCube, and the Nintendo 64, the Switch has the Super Nintendo in its sights in terms of lifetime sales. The milestone could be achieved during the festive season. Read more...