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% This growth is largely driven by a strong slate of releases in 2023 and the enduring popularity of cross-platform titles and evergreen games. year-on-year, reaching $43.2 year-on-year, bringing in $92.6

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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 Here's what you need to know from Newzoo's PC and Console Gaming Report 2023: Read more billion in 2022.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 16, 2023

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. Pandemic gaming Last year, the combined revenue from the PC and console market reached $92.3 And what does it mean for the future? year on year.

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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. The main reason for the drop was this year's EA Sports FC 24.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2024

Just under 80 million PC and console games have been sold across Europe for the first six months of 2024, GSD data reveals. over the start of 2023, which is a strong result considering the comparatively weaker release slate for the first half of this year compared with the year before. That's a unit sales drop of 1.6%

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 8, 2024

million PC and console games were sold across the UK during March, an impressive rise of 26% over the same period in 2023. Helldivers 2 has a lower price and is also available on PC. They are, of course, very different games, with Spider-Man 2 retailing at £70 and only releasing on PS5. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 2, 2024

million in 2023, but a long way removed from the pandemic-induced highs of 2021 and 2022 (€80 million and €77.1 The industry employs approximately 1,100 professionals in 2024, up from 1,017 in 2023. In 2023, Slovak developers released 237 games, 80 of those were own games and 137 were games created in cooperation with a third party.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 9, 2024

million console and PC games were sold in June in the UK, which is a drop of nearly 14% over the year before, GSD data reveals. June 2023 was particularly busy with the launch of Diablo IV, Final Fantasy 16, F1 23 and Street Fighter 6, whereas June 2024 has been significantly quieter. EA Sports FC 24 tops the charts.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2024

Video Game Europe and the European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) have released this year's Key Facts Report , a "comprehensive and definitive picture of Europe's video game sector" in 2023. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Top image: Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios It’s time to look back at what the year 2023 has meant for the games industry. billion in 2023, growing +0.6% billion in 2023, growing by +6.3% Biggest performer This year’s biggest performer in terms of growth is the download/boxed PC games segment. year on year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The results for the three months ending December 31, 2023 showed decent sales across the company, despite declines in its PC/console games segment, but the group still ended the year with a net debt of SEK 16.1 billion ($1.5 Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2024

Most notably, PC and console games suffered a 34% decline due to comparisons with calendar Q2 2023, when Plaion released the best-selling Dead Island 2. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This conversation painted a nuanced picture of the current market, particularly the PC/console segment, and offered a glimpse into its future trajectory. Console Gaming Stagnates: Console gaming is anticipated to decline by 1% due to a weaker slate, with the Xbox platform showing weakness.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 24, 2024

million PC and console games were sold across European markets in May. Compared with the same five week period in 2023, that's a drop of nearly 17%. To put it into context, Zelda alone sold more copies in May 2023 than the entire Top Ten sold in May 2024. Read more

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That’s even more true now than it was back in April 2023. Perhaps the most notable example is the Magic Cauldron event, launched in September 2023, which we named the “Best Minigame Event” for the Casual Market in this year’s Mobile GameDev Awards.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Newzoo said the market generated an estimated $184 billion in 2023, a small 0.6% 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. increase over 2022, which itself was down 5% year-on-year.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Krafton announced its fourth quarter and full-year earnings today, showing declines for 2023 overall and mixed results for the fourth quarter, including the company's first quarterly net loss since it began trading publicly in 2021.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In their latest free report , Newzoo is optimistic about the total market outlook for PC and console. And even though this year’s release catalog is expected to be less impressive than 2023’s, live-service games, and back catalog sales will make up for it. And cutting costs by laying off staff will likely continue for a while.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

1 Organic Discovery Will Be Declared Deceased In 2023, the iOS and Play stores will be officially declared dead - and no funeral will be held. Will Netflix launch its first proper hit game in 2023? Don’t miss our podcast crew’s predictions. There are several points that was covered in the podcast, that we didn’t dive into this post. #1

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The two studios are collaborating on the online action multiplayer game, which is heading to PC and console starting with a closed beta in 2023. The acquisition was mentioned in a press release for Transformers: Reactivate, which was announced during last night's The Game Awards. Read more.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 3, 2024

PC and console gamers typically outspend mobile gamers. More than half of PC and console gamers spend between $5 and $25 per month on gaming, with a notable portion of them spending $25 or more monthly. Additionally, PC and console players are more inclined towards pay-to-play (P2P) games than mobile players.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

But we are considering expanding to consoles and VR as well.” With the vast library of 1400+ games via PC, as well as via the Cloud on Samsung & LG Smart TV’s and Android, Utomik has quite the reach. Edwin van Gessel is CEO of this newly formed studio and he’s showing off his first title to their publishing partner.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Niko Partners today revised its China Games Market 2023 Half-Year Update Report, saying that the country's gaming revenues are on pace to not only grow this year, but more than make-up for 2022's uncharacteristic decline. billion in 2023, up 5.2% Niko now believes China's gaming revenues are on track to total $47.7 year-over-year.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Video Game Market “ Savvy analyst Matt Piscatella walked online viewers through a ream of stats and information about how gaming has settled into a “new normal” in 2023, following the boom and droop of the pandemic, and its aftermath. On PC, it’s evenly split 50/50.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Atari led the charge, creating new types of games for home consoles. Atari’s strategy centered on creating a wide variety of games, emphasizing the abundance of titles available for their consoles. For instance, Atari ordered 12 million units of Pac-Man in 1982, expecting to expand beyond their 10 million console install base.

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Game Development News

JULY 5, 2023

Here are the key upcoming events and releases to mark in your calendar for July 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Image: pikisuperstar on Freepik Newzoo’s Global Gamer Study 2023 is a true treasure trove of interesting facts about the people out there that hopefully end up with your game in their hands. Console gaming has the highest players-to-payers conversion, mobile gaming has the lowest. Or that 87% of players spend money on in-game items?

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Jaunty Bear Games

APRIL 5, 2023

In this blog post, we will take a closer look at Unity engine vs Godot in 2023. Unity supports a wide range of platforms, including PC, mobile, and consoles. In 2023, both engines are likely to continue to evolve and improve, making them even more attractive options for game development.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 19, 2024

The gaming industry has achieved significant milestones in recent years, and 2023 was no exception. Recent data has shown that 2023 has been among the best years in the gaming sector. Join us as we look back at some of the key trends and issues that shaped the gaming industry in 2023. But was it all rosy? Approximately 6.92

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

by 2023, suggesting a reassessment of risk by investors. While this is a decrease from previous years—$153 m in 2022 and $158m in 2023—the steady number of deals indicates continued VC interest in startups founded by ex-ATVI employees. Echtra Games is working on an unannounced AAA ARPG for PC and console platforms.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The two largest recipients of these flows in recent years have been: Web3 / crypto / blockchain games PC + console / Games-as-a-Service (GaaS) I’m not going to talk about crypto, suffice to say that its prospects currently look about as bleak as SBF’s. The pivot into PC and GaaS is more interesting.

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Game Errors

JANUARY 26, 2023

The highly anticipated game, Forspoken has finally been released to the public on the 24th of January 2023 on PC and PlayStation 5. Restart your PC. Restart your PC. Power cycle the console. Press and hold the power button on the front of the console until you hear a second beep (about 7 seconds).

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Game Development News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Here are the key upcoming events and releases to mark in your calendar for November 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 18, 2023

Here's what you need to know for the period ending June 30, 2023: Embracer's net sales saw 20% organic growth, which was attributed to Dead Island 2's sales for its PC/Console segment. Embracer Group has published its financial results for Q1, showing growth in net sales in all but one operating segment. Read more

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are the system requirements for Apex Legends: Processor: Core i3 6th Gen/AMD FX-4350 or Better RAM: 6GB Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640/Radeon HD 7730 Disk Space: 22 GB+ Operating System: Windows 7 or higher After knowing the required specifications, you can see that a PC with basic hardware can run Apex Legends without any problem.

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