GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2023

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

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 9, 2024

PlayStation 5 has now sold through four million consoles in the UK, GfK data reveals. It's the ninth console to achieve that feat in the UK, but took 31 weeks longer to get there than PlayStation 4. It's the fifth-fastest selling console in the UK, although it has a comparatively much higher price point than those ahead of it.

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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% Console gaming is expected to rebound in the coming years with the anticipated launch of next-generation consoles and blockbuster titles.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 20, 2023

million video games were sold across the UK last month, a slight rise of nearly 1% over the year before (GSD data). The best-selling game by a country mile was EA Sports FC 24. It's a strong launch for the game, with sales only down 8% over last year's FIFA 23.

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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

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

JANUARY 16, 2024

million PC and Console games were sold across Europe in December, according to the latest GSD data. This data covers all physical game releases in major European markets, and digital game sales from most major publishers. December 2022 was a 'five week month', so if we align the weeks, we can see that sales improved 3.6%

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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 The battle for attention in the PC and console market is heating up.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 2, 2024

In the wake of 2023, a year marked by blockbuster game releases, the global PC and console gaming market is facing a period of moderation. According to the latest PC and Console Gaming report by Newzoo , the PC and console gaming market generated $93.5 billion in revenue in 2023, representing a modest growth rate of 2.6%

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

Now that Mordhau has arrived on both PlayStation and Xbox , console players finally get the chance to hack & slash their way through medieval battlegrounds. We couldn’t break the PC version as they share a common data source, which is important for our build process. So, we had to be smart and make everything dynamic.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 15, 2024

Famitsu's monthly retail sales data from April 1 to April 28 shows that by comparison, Sony's PlayStation 5 consoles reached 90,000 consoles sold during the month. In April, the Nintendo Switch moved 251,000 units across standard, Lite, and OLED models in Japan.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Every month on GamesIndustry.biz we publish data on the accessories market. Most other media outlets seem primarily interested in how the games are performing or which console is currently on top. It's part of our monthly charts reports. Now, these figures don't really get picked up elsewhere. But it's there, every month.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

Mobile gaming alone has grown by 9% since 2020, and 82% of them play on their phonesbut theyre also active on PC and console. Some key trends: Gen Z plays more across mobile, PC, and console than any other generation. Heres what the data says: Intrusive ads? What Makes Gen Z Unique? Gen Z plays more than any other generation.

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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. That's a unit sales drop of 1.6% 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.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 11, 2024

million console and PC games were sold across European markets, according to GSD (which tracks digital and physical console and PC game sales). This is despite the absence of Palworld data from the charts (Palworld was a particularly big hit in January). The result of this means that new releases such as WWE 2K24 (No.12),

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The launch of Starfield and a new version of the Xbox Series S significantly boosted sales of Microsoft consoles. GfK data reveals that Xbox Series S and X sales jumped 76% week-on-week for the seven days ending September 2nd.

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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% This is based on GSD data, which covers physical game sales from major European markets and digital sales from most major publishers. 1 spot -- despite only being on sale for a few days when this data was collected. over the same period in 2022.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 25, 2024

That's according to new figures released by the German Games Industry Association (Game), based on data collected by Data.ai. This year's growth was attributed to sales of games consoles and accessories, in addition to in-game and in-app purchases. The report shows solid improvement over the 1% growth recorded last year. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

million PC and console games were sold across Europe according to GSD, a slight drop of 2.3% This data covers all games sold digitally by most major games publishers across the Eurozone (for UK market analysis, click here) , and physical game sales in all major Eurozone markets. 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% This is based on GSD data, which tracks all physical game sales across major European markets, and digital sales from most major games publishers across every country in Europe. over the year before.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exploring upcoming trends, the data firm indicated that the market recovered last year and will slowly grow in 2024 and beyond. 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. Read more

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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. GSD data, which tracks all physical sales and digital sales from most major publishers, reveals that for a second consecutive month, Sony's Helldivers 2 was the best-selling video game.

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Game Errors

MARCH 15, 2023

Xbox is inarguably one of the most popular gaming consoles in the market. However, there are times when users encounter errors while using it, and one of the most common errors is the “Xbox not syncing data error.” So if you are also facing the “not syncing data” issue in Xbox, here is how you can fix it.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The data firm says it is the first decline for the UK market since 2012. UK spending on video games dropped 1.6% to £5.38 billion in 2022, according to the latest report from Ampere Analysis. However, the numbers remain 23% higher than 2019 (pre-pandemic levels).

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

38 million video games were sold in the UK during 2023, the latest GSD figures reveal. It's a slight increase of 2.6% over the year before, with EA Sports FC 24 continuing where FIFA left off as the UK's best-selling video game. Sales for the rebranded series are down 8.4% over the year before to 2.39 million units sold.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 8, 2024

Sucker Punch's 2020 action-adventure game jumped 70 places from its rank of 71 last month after the hitherto Sony console exclusive debuted on Steam in May. Read more

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Amazon GameLift Streams has a critical feature called Data Channel that helps us easily implement ads at natural breaks in the gameplay, such as between rounds, added Jacover. New players, who do not own a gaming console, can explore Jackbox Games offerings more easily than ever before. Ads allow us to do that.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 12, 2024

Famitsu's monthly retail sales data from January 29 to February 25 shows that by comparison, Sony's PlayStation 5 console reached 147,000 systems sold during the month. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox In February, the Nintendo Switch moved 191,000 units across its three models in Japan.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Using Amazon Bedrock, developers built an AI agent that analyzes near real-time game data streaming from Amazon Kinesis. Amazon S3 and Amazon DynamoDB continue to play a role in short- and long-term data collection. Creature-catching games are very popular, but its often too easy to figure out their meta after a few minutes.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 24, 2024

million PC and console games were sold across European markets in May. This is GSD figures, which tracks all digital game sales from most major publishers (Nintendo data is absent), and physical game sales in all major European markets. Compared with the same five week period in 2023, that's a drop of nearly 17%.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For instance, Unreal Engine uses a mechanism known as the Derived Data Cache (DDC) for this purpose. The Derived Data Cache in Unreal Engine serves as a storage mechanism for data that is computationally expensive to generate. It preserves this data, eliminating the need for regeneration unless any changes occur.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 13, 2024

The news comes from a report by German trade association Game, based on data from GfK and the Sensor Tower-owned Data.ai. This is due to slowing sales of PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series consoles, as well as Switch entering the eighth year of its lifecycle. It marks the market's first decline after several years of growth.

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DameDev.tv

MARCH 7, 2023

It provides a set of instructions that enable different systems to communicate with one another, specifying the methods for sending and receiving data, as well as the actions that can be performed. 1) To make the JSON data more readable, you may want to install a browser extension, such as "JSON Prettifier" or "JSON Formatter."

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 14, 2024

Newzoo has recently published its PC and Console Gaming Report 2024 , providing invaluable insight into the current trends and challenges of the games industry. For instance, Newzoo's lead analyst Tom Wijman points to a trend the data firm highlighted in the report, showing declining playtime. But there's more to it than meets the eye.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

PVP Shooters on console have been the dominant genre for nearly 20 years. In 2007 Infinity Ward released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which exploded on consoles and changed the industry -- Online Multiplayer shooters were no longer a “side mode” to your campaign -- but the dominant form of engagement.

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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. GSD data shows that game sales (including physical and digital downloads) rose 1% compared with the same period last year, with just under eight million games sold.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2025

Maintenance releases are expected to be safe for an upgrade, but we recommend to always make backups, or use a version control system such as Git, to preserve your projects in case of corruption or data loss. Animation: Fix console errors and crash in cleanup code for PhysicalBoneSimulator3D ( GH-103921 ).

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