Nicole Lyn Pesce
@pescenic.bsky.social
Assistant managing editor at @marketwatch.com, formerly an ink-stained wretch at the New York Daily News. 11x marathoner. Plant & cat lady. She/her/hers
Sooo ... how many people signed up for a Costco or Sam's Club membership over the past 24 hours solely to try snagging a Nintendo Switch 2?
...Asking for a friend.
...Asking for a friend.
June 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sooo ... how many people signed up for a Costco or Sam's Club membership over the past 24 hours solely to try snagging a Nintendo Switch 2?
...Asking for a friend.
...Asking for a friend.
Reposted by Nicole Lyn Pesce
Xbox said this week it will begin selling games at $80. For all but the top products, this price hike may prove to be a critical mistake. Why would people pay $80 for a decent game when they can get a great one for $30?
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game
As Xbox announces a price hike, the year’s best-reviewed games are all budget titles
www.bloomberg.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Xbox said this week it will begin selling games at $80. For all but the top products, this price hike may prove to be a critical mistake. Why would people pay $80 for a decent game when they can get a great one for $30?
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The GTA 6 delay is a huge bummer for many gamers -- but it's not expected to hurt the stock of Rockstar's parent company. www.marketwatch.com/story/grand-... via @marketwatch.com
Grand Theft Auto VI delay an ‘annoyance’ but shouldn’t damage Take-Two’s stock
Videogame maker Rockstar Games announced Friday that it was delaying the release of its much-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI until May 2026, saying it wanted to ensure that the game met the high stand...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The GTA 6 delay is a huge bummer for many gamers -- but it's not expected to hurt the stock of Rockstar's parent company. www.marketwatch.com/story/grand-... via @marketwatch.com
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has hit 1 million copies sold in just 3 days
www.eurogamer.net/clair-obscur...
www.eurogamer.net/clair-obscur...
April 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Yes, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is that good
get the fuck outta here
April 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Yes, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is that good
Started playing "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" and forgot all about being disappointed that I couldn't preorder a Switch 2.
April 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Started playing "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" and forgot all about being disappointed that I couldn't preorder a Switch 2.
Thank you, ”Mario Kart” lovers, but your Nintendo Switch 2 is in another castle.
Nintendo Switch 2 online preorders crash GameStop after shoppers report similar bugs at Target, Best Buy and Walmart. Most retailers are already out of stock. www.marketwatch.com/story/ninten... via @marketwatch.com
Nintendo Switch 2 online preorders crash GameStop after shoppers report similar bugs at Target, Best Buy and Walmart. Most retailers are already out of stock. www.marketwatch.com/story/ninten... via @marketwatch.com
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders crash GameStop as Target, Best Buy, Walmart sell out
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders went live on Thursday, and gamers are reporting all sorts of issues with the buying process.
www.marketwatch.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thank you, ”Mario Kart” lovers, but your Nintendo Switch 2 is in another castle.
Nintendo Switch 2 online preorders crash GameStop after shoppers report similar bugs at Target, Best Buy and Walmart. Most retailers are already out of stock. www.marketwatch.com/story/ninten... via @marketwatch.com
Nintendo Switch 2 online preorders crash GameStop after shoppers report similar bugs at Target, Best Buy and Walmart. Most retailers are already out of stock. www.marketwatch.com/story/ninten... via @marketwatch.com
I am so curious to see how they adapted this complex, beautiful & trippy story to the screen ...
Your world will get bigger and brighter. THE LIFE OF CHUCK. From the hearts and souls of Mike Flanagan and Stephen King. In Select Cities 6.6, Everywhere 6.13 #ThanksChuck #HowDoYouDescribeTheIndescribable?
April 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I am so curious to see how they adapted this complex, beautiful & trippy story to the screen ...
Gamers got a classic "good news, bad news" Nintendo Switch 2 announcement on Good Friday. www.marketwatch.com/story/ninten... via @marketwatch.com
Nintendo isn’t raising the price of the Switch 2 or ‘Mario Kart World’ over Trump tariffs — for now
Gamers got a classic “good news, bad news” announcement on Good Friday.
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April 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Gamers got a classic "good news, bad news" Nintendo Switch 2 announcement on Good Friday. www.marketwatch.com/story/ninten... via @marketwatch.com
This takes me back ... and remember Teen Girl Squad?! Those girls looked sooooOOOoooo goooOOOOd!
Let's all go back:
homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...
homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...
April 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This takes me back ... and remember Teen Girl Squad?! Those girls looked sooooOOOoooo goooOOOOd!
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poor Nintendo, announcing the Switch 2 just in time to have it cost ten thousand dollars
April 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
poor Nintendo, announcing the Switch 2 just in time to have it cost ten thousand dollars
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A Nintendo system with massive 3rd party support? Camera stuff that'll go sideways? Game Cube? A crashing stream? Tons of games? A release date? Silksong being real? New From Software game that has a crazy looking frog thing?
Am I having a fever dream? 10/10 Direct. No notes.
Am I having a fever dream? 10/10 Direct. No notes.
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A Nintendo system with massive 3rd party support? Camera stuff that'll go sideways? Game Cube? A crashing stream? Tons of games? A release date? Silksong being real? New From Software game that has a crazy looking frog thing?
Am I having a fever dream? 10/10 Direct. No notes.
Am I having a fever dream? 10/10 Direct. No notes.
My fiance & I jumped into "Split Fiction" over the weekend, and the flying, farting-rainbows pig had us laughing so hard that we were crying ...
Then in another level not long afterward, I was in tears of frustration because I kept crashing our hovercar. 😂
This game takes you on a RIDE.
Then in another level not long afterward, I was in tears of frustration because I kept crashing our hovercar. 😂
This game takes you on a RIDE.
important information: in the newly released game “split fiction,” you can be a pig that farts rainbows.
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My fiance & I jumped into "Split Fiction" over the weekend, and the flying, farting-rainbows pig had us laughing so hard that we were crying ...
Then in another level not long afterward, I was in tears of frustration because I kept crashing our hovercar. 😂
This game takes you on a RIDE.
Then in another level not long afterward, I was in tears of frustration because I kept crashing our hovercar. 😂
This game takes you on a RIDE.
Reposted by Nicole Lyn Pesce
Marvel Rivals is currently among the top 5 games in US weekly active users across PS5, XBS and Steam, according to Circana's Player Engagement Tracker.
It has been a massive hit, and one of the few games that has been able to break through the live service wall.
I dunno, folks. I just don't know.
It has been a massive hit, and one of the few games that has been able to break through the live service wall.
I dunno, folks. I just don't know.
February 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Marvel Rivals is currently among the top 5 games in US weekly active users across PS5, XBS and Steam, according to Circana's Player Engagement Tracker.
It has been a massive hit, and one of the few games that has been able to break through the live service wall.
I dunno, folks. I just don't know.
It has been a massive hit, and one of the few games that has been able to break through the live service wall.
I dunno, folks. I just don't know.
For remote and hybrid workers, the approaching return to full-time, in-person work will cost hundreds - if not thousands - of dollars per year. www.marketwatch.com/story/for-fe...
Trump’s return-to-office order amounts to unwelcome pay cut for federal workers
The approaching return to full-time in-person work will cost remote and hybrid workers hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars per year.
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January 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For remote and hybrid workers, the approaching return to full-time, in-person work will cost hundreds - if not thousands - of dollars per year. www.marketwatch.com/story/for-fe...
Renting is a better option than buying a home for most people right now. Here's why:
www.marketwatch.com/story/one-re...
www.marketwatch.com/story/one-re...
One reason renting is better than buying — for now
Tenants’ wages have gone up faster than rents, which has boosted affordability.
www.marketwatch.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Renting is a better option than buying a home for most people right now. Here's why:
www.marketwatch.com/story/one-re...
www.marketwatch.com/story/one-re...
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A group of stocks dubbed the “MAGA Seven” by MarketWatch have enjoyed significant gains since the Nov. 5 presidential election, some lifted by links to Donald Trump and others by a bullish market. This is how the group is faring on the first full day of the second Trump administration.
Here’s how the ‘MAGA Seven’ stocks are doing on first full day of Trump presidency
A group of stocks dubbed the “MAGA Seven” by MarketWatch have enjoyed significant gains since the Nov. 5 presidential election, some lifted by links to Donald Trump and others by a bullish market. Thi...
trib.al
January 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A group of stocks dubbed the “MAGA Seven” by MarketWatch have enjoyed significant gains since the Nov. 5 presidential election, some lifted by links to Donald Trump and others by a bullish market. This is how the group is faring on the first full day of the second Trump administration.
Here's what to look for in tomorrow's jobs report:
Rising unemployment prodded the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates last fall despite lingering inflation — and the jobless rate could still be the deciding factor for future rate cuts.
Here’s the key numbers to watch in the December employment report on Friday.
Here’s the key numbers to watch in the December employment report on Friday.
December jobs report forecast is 155,000 but watch the jobless rate
Rising unemployment prodded the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates last fall despite lingering inflation — and the jobless rate could still be the deciding factor for future rate cuts.
trib.al
January 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Here's what to look for in tomorrow's jobs report:
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Genuinely love it that NY Earthquake Bluesky’s timeline is:
10:23-10:24: “What was that?! OMG, an earthquake!”
10:24-next Thursday: using the earthquake as an excuse to just dunk on Eric Adams.
10:23-10:24: “What was that?! OMG, an earthquake!”
10:24-next Thursday: using the earthquake as an excuse to just dunk on Eric Adams.
April 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Genuinely love it that NY Earthquake Bluesky’s timeline is:
10:23-10:24: “What was that?! OMG, an earthquake!”
10:24-next Thursday: using the earthquake as an excuse to just dunk on Eric Adams.
10:23-10:24: “What was that?! OMG, an earthquake!”
10:24-next Thursday: using the earthquake as an excuse to just dunk on Eric Adams.
Amazon Prime Day: What NOT to buy during the October "Prime Big Deal Days" sale event happening Tuesday and Wednesday.
I'll give you a few freebies: smartphones and videogames, which will probably be much cheaper on Black Friday and beyond. www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
I'll give you a few freebies: smartphones and videogames, which will probably be much cheaper on Black Friday and beyond. www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
Amazon Prime Day: What not to buy during the October sale
Amazon's 'Prime Big Deal Days' event is Oct. 10-11 — but not every discount is as good as it looks. Here are 7 things to hold off on buying until Black Friday.
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October 9, 2023 at 7:32 PM
Amazon Prime Day: What NOT to buy during the October "Prime Big Deal Days" sale event happening Tuesday and Wednesday.
I'll give you a few freebies: smartphones and videogames, which will probably be much cheaper on Black Friday and beyond. www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
I'll give you a few freebies: smartphones and videogames, which will probably be much cheaper on Black Friday and beyond. www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
I was having a hard enough time getting through season 2 of "Wheel of Time" *without* ads... www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
Amazon becomes latest streamer to add limited ads to Prime Video starting in early 2024
U.S. consumers will have the option to pay an extra $2.99 a month to remain ad-free.
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September 22, 2023 at 6:54 PM
I was having a hard enough time getting through season 2 of "Wheel of Time" *without* ads... www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
While David Brooks’s viral post of his $78 burger meal at Newark Airport comes with caveats, anyone who’s ever bought food or drinks in an airport probably paid more than they would outside.
Here's some money-saving tips to get around that the next time you fly. www.marketwatch.com/story/4-tips...
Here's some money-saving tips to get around that the next time you fly. www.marketwatch.com/story/4-tips...
4 tips to save money on airport food so you don’t pull a David Brooks
The New York Times columnist went viral for complaining he spent $78 on a meal at Newark Airport. Here’s how travel experts save dough when they’re on the go.
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September 22, 2023 at 4:25 PM
While David Brooks’s viral post of his $78 burger meal at Newark Airport comes with caveats, anyone who’s ever bought food or drinks in an airport probably paid more than they would outside.
Here's some money-saving tips to get around that the next time you fly. www.marketwatch.com/story/4-tips...
Here's some money-saving tips to get around that the next time you fly. www.marketwatch.com/story/4-tips...
The "Barbie" movie has parents toying w/ naming their kids after the doll.
And it's giving women who were named Barbie *before* it was cool new love for their name.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/barbie-baby-name-searches-are-spiking-and-women-already-named-barbie-are-here-for-it-8b3bd381
And it's giving women who were named Barbie *before* it was cool new love for their name.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/barbie-baby-name-searches-are-spiking-and-women-already-named-barbie-are-here-for-it-8b3bd381
Barbie baby-name searches are spiking — and women already named Barbie are here for it
As search interest in the name Barbie jumps 792% off the $1 billion box office hit, real women named Barbie before it was cool are feeling the love
www.marketwatch.com
August 18, 2023 at 10:55 PM
The "Barbie" movie has parents toying w/ naming their kids after the doll.
And it's giving women who were named Barbie *before* it was cool new love for their name.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/barbie-baby-name-searches-are-spiking-and-women-already-named-barbie-are-here-for-it-8b3bd381
And it's giving women who were named Barbie *before* it was cool new love for their name.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/barbie-baby-name-searches-are-spiking-and-women-already-named-barbie-are-here-for-it-8b3bd381
Hey @bsky.app - finally got an invite code from a fellow MarketWatcher. (Thanks @mktwgoldstein.bsky.social) Looking forward to diving in!
August 18, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Hey @bsky.app - finally got an invite code from a fellow MarketWatcher. (Thanks @mktwgoldstein.bsky.social) Looking forward to diving in!