PreMortem.Games

MARCH 16, 2023

Top image by Lalesh Aldarwis – Pexels.com 2022 was a rough year for gaming. So, how (relatively) bad did the PC and console market do in 2022? In the first ever PC & Console Gaming Report Newzoo dives into this section of the market. The battle for attention in the PC and console market is heating up.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Newzoo's newest report reveals that global consumer spending for PC and console gaming declined by 2.2%, totaling $92.3 billion in 2022. Here's what you need to know from Newzoo's PC and Console Gaming Report 2023: Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2023

Sales of video games, consoles and accessories fell in 2022, due to ongoing stock shortages and a fall in popularity of older titles. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the latest data straight to your inbox At a glance. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2023

million PC and console games were sold in March across Europe, a slight drop of 4% compared with the same period in 2022. That means for the first quarter of the year, 39 million games have been sold, which is a drop of 11% over last year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Picking a live service title for my 2022 game of the year felt like a bit of a copout, and I'm sure at any other game website, it may be perceived as such. If this piece had to be about a game released this year, I have some solid favourites: God of War: Ragnarok, Citizen Sleeper, and Neon White, to name a few.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 4, 2023

According to Newzoo’s PC & Console Gaming Report , the PC and console market still outperformed previous forecasts despite a slight decline of revenue (-2,2% year over year) in 2022. With over one billion PC players and 611 million console players, there are still plenty of opportunities for growth and expansion.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

It's worth noting that FIFA 23 benefitted from the FIFA World Cup, which ran over December 2022. Sales for the rebranded series are down 8.4% over the year before to 2.39 million units sold. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

billion in 2022, according to the latest report from Ampere Analysis. Outside of the post-lockdown drop, the UK market also saw a fall in spending towards the end of the 2022. UK spending on video games dropped 1.6% to £5.38 The data firm says it is the first decline for the UK market since 2012.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 12, 2023

billion) from December 27, 2021 to December 25, 2022. That's according to Famitsu's annual report , which revealed that total sales on boxed games and hardware amounted to ¥374.8 billion ($2.9 Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

increase compared to 2022's revised total of £7.49 While overall game sales were up in the UK in 2023, boxed sales have continued their decline and were down 5% to £495 million compared to 2022. Looking at digital sales more precisely, digital console software sales were up 5.6% billion in 2023, a 4.4% to £2.48

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 7, 2023

billion in revenue in 2022 – that's including mobile, console and PC. The games market in China reached $45.5 Chinese games companies accounted for 47% of the mobile games revenue worldwide and 39% of the PC games revenue, a new report from Niko Partners showed.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

PC gaming is set to outperform both mobile and console gaming in revenue growth, with a projected increase of 4.0% Console gaming, on the other hand, is anticipated to see a slight decline of 1.0% from 2022 to 2027. The number of gamers worldwide is expected to reach 3.42 billion in 2024, a 4.5% increase from the previous year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 16, 2024

million PC and Console games were sold across Europe in December, according to the latest GSD data. December 2022 was a 'five week month', so if we align the weeks, we can see that sales improved 3.6% compared with the same period in 2022.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 1, 2024

He also noted that Nintendo is no longer affected by the semiconductor shortage, which partly caused the company's sales to dip in 2022. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 12, 2023

At a glance: 159 million console and PC games were sold across tracked European markets in 2022, a drop of 7.1% over the year before. This is according to the latest GSD data, which tracks physical and digital game sales across Europe.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 16, 2024

182 million PC and console games were sold across Europe in 2023, a rise of 1.7% EA Sports FC 24 sold 9% fewer units in 2023 compared with FIFA 23 in 2022, but when you factor in the rebrand and the fact there was a World Cup in December 2022, it's not particularly unexpected. over the year before. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 19, 2023

September 2022 was a five-week month, and as a result the numbers appear down 16% over September 2023. Video game sales across Europe were down in September compared with the year before, according to the latest figures from GSD. But this year was a four-week month.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

However, this is because November 2023 was a 'five week' month compared with the four weeks of November 2022. Europe posted a solid month for video game sales during November, driven by Call of Duty, EA Sports FC 24 and PS5. million video games were sold across tracked European markets, a rise of 20% over the year before.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2024

The report's highlights include: The report also compared trends in video games since 2022, including confirmation that 46% of gamers player on PC (-2% from 2022), 56% play on console (-3%), and 68% of respondents said they played on smartphones or tablets (-1%). Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The majority of Xbox Game Pass subscribers pay full price and use the service on console. Towards the end of the deck, Microsoft gave an overview of its digital gaming ecosystem as of April 2022, which showed that of the 33.6 million subscriptions on its Xbox consoles, 21.9 million subscriptions on its Xbox consoles, 21.9

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Intel reportedly lost Sony's PlayStation 6 chip contract to Advanced Micro Devices in 2022, missing out on a potential $30 billion in revenue. The sources alleged that internal projections from Intel suggested that Sony's console business "could have pumped roughly $30 million" into the firm had the contract gone through.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The one-two punch of the next GTA and the anticipated launch of a new Nintendo console would have bolstered the global games market in 2024, and deliver a more positive year compared to 2022's decline (at least compared to the COVID years) and 2023's marginal growth. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2024

Microsoft has also entered an agreement with the games firm to bring NetEase titles to Xbox consoles and other platforms. Blizzard and NetEase had previously been in a partnership for 14 years, which came to an end in 2022 as both companies failed to negotiate renewal of their agreement. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 23, 2024

increase over 2022, which itself was down 5% year-on-year. The data firm added it was "optimistic' for the PC and console segments, while mobile gaming is "likely to recover" after difficult conditions for the past couple of years. The compound annual growth rate from 2021 through 2026 was estimated at 1.3%. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2024

While it was already known the publisher had signed the next title from UK developer Glowmade, the team behind King of Meat, most of Amazon's efforts since announcing its move into PC and console way back in 2014 have been more targeted at hardcore gamers — and particularly MMO fans. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 29, 2023

That said, The Witcher 3 also enjoyed another strong quarter in the wake of its next-gen console release, which took place in December 2022." "Similarly to earlier periods, the largest contribution to our sales came from Cyberpunk 2077," said CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 19, 2023

million PC and console games were sold across Europe during April, a drop of 5.3% over the same period in 2022. This is based on GSD data, which covers physical game sales from major European markets and digital sales from most major publishers. Full details at the bottom of the article.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022. It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile. If you’re looking to switch your game from console to mobile, then Dicey Dungeons is a prime example of doing this right. So, technically Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t released in 2022.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 12, 2023

Newzoo analyzed over 1,600 DLC releases on PC and console from April 2020 to April 2023 and found out what DLC can do for your game. By 2022, premium transactions accounted for more than 50% of the total spending on console and PC games in the US.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 27, 2023

PlayStation 5 has now sold 40 million consoles worldwide, Sony has announced. By comparison, PlayStation 4 -- the fastest-selling PlayStation console to 40 million -- achieved the same feat two months quicker. The console is now in full supply. The console is now in full supply. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 21, 2023

million console and PC games were sold across Europe during the first half of the year, which is marginally up over the same period in 2022. over the same period in 2022. The UK was the biggest European market for game sales, representing 15.3 million games sold, a rise of 5.5% million sales (up 8%).

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2023

million console and PC games were sold in July across Europe, up 34% over the same period in 2022. Digital downloads represented nearly 7.9 million of that (up 60%), while physical was 3.75 million (up 0.2%). This is according to GSD data, which includes digital sales from most AAA games publishers in every European country.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox While consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S haven't flown off store shelves in India, mobile gaming continues to scale one peak after another in the country. Microsoft now has a team devoted to building its presence in India.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If Nintendo started developing a new console shortly after the Switch's launch (2018), we're about due for a new console unveiling. Is it common for console manufacturers to talk about the next console to developers privately? How do you think the new console's third party launch games get made? Absolutely.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 11, 2023

UK sales of video games and consoles rose during the first quarter of the year, according to the latest market data from GSD and GfK. It’s an impressive achievement considering Q1 2022 featured major launches such as Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Elden Ring and Horizon: Forbidden West.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Well, according to Newzoo , the games industry is bouncing back from the decline in 2022. In their latest free report , Newzoo is optimistic about the total market outlook for PC and console. Another way of diversification is to develop new games specifically for PC (and console).

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 8, 2023

billion Consoles expected to produce $56.1 increase compared to 2022. At a glance: Market estimated to generate $187.7 billion in 2023, up 2.6% Mobile revenue due to increase 0.8% billion in revenue and drive growth this year The global games market is estimated to generate $187.7 billion in 2023, a 2.6% billion this year, a 0.8%

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