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% In contrast, mobile gaming, despite its significant market share, is expected to grow at a slower rate of 3.0% Console gaming, on the other hand, is anticipated to see a slight decline of 1.0%

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2024

Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has said it intends to grow the country's console market by 2028 in order to revitalise its games industry. As reported by Yonhap News Agency , the government unveiled its five-year plan on Wednesday, aiming to reduce its reliance on mobile and online platforms and boost console sales.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In 2021, we started building one of Saudi Arabia’s first-ever dedicated games studios, aiming to create ground-breaking titles for PC, console, and mobile that the region could call its own.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 4, 2024

In a console market dominated by Sony and Nintendo, a mobile market ruled by Google and Apple, and a PC business controlled by Valve, Xbox has been trying to disrupt things, grow things and widen the market… go to places its rivals are not. Streaming isn’t quite there yet. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2023

Traditionally, the console and PC gaming markets have operated very differently to mobile. But that’s changing as technological advancements are allowing mobile developers to bring their games to console, and vice versa.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Epic Games Store is launching on mobile today. The Fortnite firm announced it will be bringing its games marketplace to Android worldwide, and to iOS in the European Union thanks to this year's Digital Markets Act requiring Apple to enable third-party stores on its mobile ecosystem. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2023

A new report by Niko Partners has revealed that consoles are the most popular platform for young gamers in Japan. Console is the most popular format among Japanese gamers, used by 72.3% of the group, followed by mobile gaming at 63.5%.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2024

Discovery has been historically focused on AAA console games, but the company's CEO and president of global streaming and games JB Perrette wants to change that. The gaming business of Warner Bros.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2024

Since then, the historical real-time strategy series has had multiple releases on platforms such as home consoles and mobile devices. With Age of Empires 4 pleasing fans on PC and Xbox, Microsoft is making another attempt to attract smartphone audiences with the upcoming Age of Empires Mobile. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Dedicated game console Across every generation, mobile is the most used platform for playing games. Meanwhile, console and PC gaming are significantly popular among younger generations. Baby Boomers usually don’t buy a dedicated game console. Only 5% of them play on all 3 platforms. Where do we spend our money on?

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox When you play Resident Evil Village on an iPad Pro, it's flabbergasting to believe that this is Capcom's latest mainline entry running natively on a mobile device, looking every bit as good as its home console counterparts.

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Unity Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Our updated optimization guides include the latest updates from Unity 2022 LTS and provide you with useful tips and tactics to optimize your projects.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The biggest declines during the period were across in-game monetisation, which covers more casual mobile titles. Ampere says that the decline is due to the economic situation in the UK, including the growing cost of living crisis. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Porting successful PC and console games to mobile has become common practice. Soon after, the studio revealed that it had planned to port Vampire Survivors to mobile sooner, but couldn't find a business partner who agreed with its monetisation approach , so eventually decided to do it all in-house. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As the ninth generation enters mid-life, the rumour mill has started again on what new console hardware will look like. This time it’s all about gaming mobility. Reports have come out that both Microsoft and Sony are courting console handhelds as the next best thing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 24, 2023

Xbox's Phil Spencer has once again said that mobile is the key to growing both Microsoft's games business and the industry overall – and that includes bringing AAA titles like Starfield to smart devices.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Consoles and mobiles are two of them. Consoles have larger screens, and high-quality graphics, and can perform multiple actions using game controllers. Whereas mobiles […] The post Mobile vs. Console Gaming: A Detailed Guide appeared first on Juego Studio.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 6, 2024

Since MiHoYo released Genshin Impact in 2020, an irreversible shift in perception happened across the gaming industry and among many gamers: free-to-play mobile games can actually be good?! I'm being a bit cynical here, as it is undeniable that quality free-to-play mobile games were produced before, but Genshin Impact pushed the envelope.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 9, 2024

Nintendo fully revealed the console almost exactly seven years ago. A group of us convened in a pub afterwards and the view was unanimous: this might be Nintendo's last console. As a home console, Switch didn't seem to offer anything over what the PS4 and Xbox One could do. I've told this story before, but I enjoy telling it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

and Deconstructor of Fun’s latest collaborative report, we dive deep into a comprehensive analysis of the mobile gaming sector and which genres are defying the economic slowdown. Nevertheless, mobile gaming represents a whopping 61% of all games revenue , a number that would be even larger should we account for all the in-app-ad revenue.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

Looking at digital sales more precisely, digital console software sales were up 5.6% Mobile sales were also up, reaching £1.52 When it comes to hardware sales, consoles had a particularly strong year, with sales increasing 12% compared to 2022 to £951 million. to £2.48 year-on-year to £684 million.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 1, 2024

for developers that release eligible Unreal Engine games on Epic Games Stores at the same time as other mobile, console, or PC platforms. Epic Games will drop its royalty fees from 5% to 3.5% Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

That includes sales of digital and physical video games, covering PC, mobile and consoles. ERA, which is the UK trade body representing video, music and games retailers, says that revenue made by video games in the UK reached £4.74 billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before.

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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. The console version supports 64-player online matches with crossplay exclusively for console players. So, we had to be smart and make everything dynamic.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 5, 2024

The mobile publisher now holds a 3.58% share of Devolver, which was made as part of its strategy to increase exposure of its PC and console segment. Kwalee has more PC and console games in the pipeline, including The Precinct (Fallen Tree Games), The Spirit of the Samurai (Digital Minds), and In Sink (Clock Out Games).

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 5, 2023

The mobile publisher behind titles like Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys, and Star Trek: Fleet Command is the latest in a string of games investments for the Saudi Arabian government-owned Savvy. The company also said the deal will allow it to "extend its live services expertise to new segments like PC, console, and other genres of gameplay."

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 17, 2024

A couple of paragraphs also go through the studio's history, saying: "Pieces Interactive released over ten titles on PC, console and mobile since 2007," and finishing on: "Our last release was the reimagining of Alone in the Dark." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 12, 2024

The story behind the game, meanwhile, is one of a married couple forming a new studio on the success of their mobile zombie game and moving from the US to the Philippines. Co-founders Vince and Susan McDonnell first hit was Zombie Farm, a mobile title they self-published under former studio The Playforge.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. But not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play. Summoners War: Chronicles is yet another MMORPG to make it to mobile. It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2024

PR and marketing agency Big Games Machine surveyed 1,000 US-based console and PC gamers about how they find new titles to purchase and play, of which 64% said they discover games via YouTube. According to the report , TikTok was the second most used platform at 36%, following by Instagram (35%), Facebook (34%) and word of mouth (32%).

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 25, 2024

The German games market grew by 6% to €10 billion in 2023, with revenue from mobile games having almost doubled to €2.9 This year's growth was attributed to sales of games consoles and accessories, in addition to in-game and in-app purchases. billion since 2018 when revenues were estimated to be €1.5 Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 9, 2024

Host and MobileGamer.biz editor Neil Long noted that, with console, mobile and PC well-established, it "doesn't feel like there's anything new on the horizon" that might bolster the games market. In the opening keynote of Develop:Brighton today, the Super Evil Megacorp CEO was asked about the state of platform and the industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

. - Executive of a small developer who has till date amassed well over 100M installs on mobile The end of discovery also means that there will be no indie breakouts from small indie developers. Join one of the few powerful game companies taking over mobile. Exit mobile. Instead, the indie developers will have three options.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2024

The fund is open to indie game developers that have already launched a game on Google Play or other mobile platforms, PC and console. A group of Latin American game studios will receive a share of $2 million, with each recipient receiving between $150,000 to $200,000. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

November of 2013 was a big one for games, with two major consoles launching opposite one another after years of discourse about the surely imminent demise of the console market.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 8, 2024

The UKIE Video Game Awards 2024 took place last night, with Sad Owl Studios' Viewfinder taking home UK Game of the Year alongside best console game. Sumo Digital won the accolade for best developer and Secret Mode took home the award for best publisher.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 23, 2024

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

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