My take on Nintendo Employees, Sucker Punch on Infamous Series & June 20...

For this week, my 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of July 20 to 26, 2025, I give my thoughts on a report about Nintendo employees. Sucker Punch on the Infamous games & June 2025 Circana report is out

Tag for this video: #briansolow #gamer55551 #my2cents #nintendo #sony #ps5 #june2025 #circana  #switch2 #nintendoswitch2 

00:00 - Intro

01:38 - Quick My 2 Cents

07:24 - Movies/TV Shows

13:48 - Part 1 Nintendo Employees

20:44 - Part 2 Infamous Games

26:02 - Part 3 June 2025 Circana

Quick My 2 Cents

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/switch-port-specialist-virtuos-confirms-270-layoffs

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/07/21/3d-character-modellers-linkedin-mentions-work-on-nintendo-srpg-sequel-exclusive-to-switch-2/

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/07/ghost-of-yoteis-state-of-play-has-been-watched-more-than-sonys-summer-showcase

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/07/indiana-jones-team-confirms-multiple-games-in-development-excited-for-its-future

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/07/no-rest-for-the-wicked-may-skip-xbox-for-the-time-being-due-to-current-market-conditions

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/borderlands-4-on-switch-2-will-mostly-run-at-30fps

Movies/TV Shows

https://thedirect.com/article/superman-jor-el-message-set-up-massive-dc-villain-sequel

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-superman-overseas-1236326825/

https://deadline.com/2025/07/box-office-superman-i-know-what-you-did-smurfs-1236462233/

https://deadline.com/2025/07/fantastic-four-box-office-opening-1236465209/

https://apnews.com/article/ozzy-osbourne-dies-adff88b55f1d3b0bace5705d58d3cdde

Nintendo Employees

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/csr/esg_data/index.html?active-topics=topics02

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-records-reveal-that-staff-numbers-are-up-and-employees-rarely-leave

https://gonintendo.com/contents/50924-nintendo-employee-data-reveals-low-turnover-rate-long-average-employment-period

https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-employee-retention-rate/

Infamous Games

https://gameinformer.com/interview/2025/07/17/ghost-of-yotei-directors-share-philosophy-on-balancing-freedom-with-story

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/infamous-studio-boss-wants-to-bring-back-the-franchise/1100-6533257/

https://gamerant.com/will-more-infamous-games-happen-series-future-sucker-punch-comments/

June 2025 Circana

https://gamedevreports.substack.com/p/circana-the-us-gaming-market-in-june-077

https://gamesbeat.com/nintendos-switch-2-leads-dizzying-hardware-sales-turnaround-circana/

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-nintendo-switch-2-is-the-fastest-selling-gaming-hardware-in-us-history

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/around-1-in-3-switch-2-owners-bought-new-pro-controller-despite-high-price-point-us

Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) 

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