B. L. Becklan
blbecklan.bsky.social
B. L. Becklan
@blbecklan.bsky.social
Engineer by day, writer all the time. Author of Waves from a Sunken Ship. https://www.amazon.com/Waves-Sunken-Ship-Story-Sandriona-ebook
Fair question! According to the Wikipedia numbers (which it seems are from Nintendo 🤷‍♂️), they sold 1.5M in US CY2018 - which is about 30% of the ~5M total unit sales for that year on the above graph.

Just thought it was worth considering in the overall analysis. Definitely price also matters!
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Do you think Nintendo’s handheld and console markets collapsing into one is a potential cause for the hardware number drop off around 2018?
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Which coincides with a rapid acceptance (endorsement?) of mediocrity
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
(Ultra) Rich people should fund weird shit for clout like old-timey patrons of the arts!
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is actually an art-meets-commercial-reality discussion that nobody wants to have. If these artists weren’t trying to run a business and could distribute their works on their own platform for free, they wouldn’t need Steam at all…
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Your unexpected self-care advice for the aging among us is one of the most low-key wholesome things on this platform
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That game has a way of becoming your personality
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Also, I realize this sounds a bit spammy, so my Shibboleth to prove I’m a KFBF is that I completely understand your refusal to play Mario party on content with those other jackals 💪
September 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Just curious, is this inflation adjusted?
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Seems that using LLMs to “make” a thing waters down the idea that you had much to do with “making a thing”.

We don’t credit the people who commissioned a painting for its existence - we credit the painter…
August 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Highly recommend Makars Mash Bar if you’re looking for a place to eat!
August 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I usually try to sleep on the flight over - then as others have said, have a full day when you land (i.e., go to bed when the locals do)

Try not to sleep on the flight back until you get home 😅
July 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I appreciate this analysis - quite thoughtful and measured!
July 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It’s easier for the minority party to stop the party that wants to build things - harder for them to stop when it’s just the executive tearing things down without legislation!
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I had to double check this wasn’t an Onion post
June 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It seems my engineering job is safe for at least a little while…
June 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM