Video Games are World's Biggest Entertainment Medium, Take-Two Reports
Take-Two's financial report included a lot of interesting information about the overall health of the video game market and the directions of its development.
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Adrian Werner
May 18, 2022
Hard Times for PC - Segment Will Grow Slower Than Console Market in 2022
This year, video game market revenues are expected to exceed $200 billion for the first time. The console segment will grow the fastest.
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Adrian Werner
May 6, 2022
Game Pass Won't Become Second Netflix, Analysts Say
Game Pass is quite successful, but it's unlikely to be to video games what Netflix was to the movie industry. At least according to one analyst.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 24, 2022
Exiting Russia Means Loss of a Market Worth Billions of USD for Game Publishers
Game developers and publishers (and more) are pulling their products out of Russia en masse, and in doing so are rejecting a market that generates billions of dollars in revenue.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 10, 2022
1 in 3 Gamedevs Sees Potential of NFT in Video Games
The organizers of the Game Developers Conference have released the State of the Game Industry 2022 report, which addresses a number of important issues affecting the video game industry.
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Miriam Moszczynska
January 21, 2022
Bobby Kotick Second Top-paid CEO of 2020 in Gaming Industry
The creator of Games One has collected data on the richest CEOs in the video game industry. Surprisingly, Bobby Kotick is not the king of the list.
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Miriam Moszczynska
January 14, 2022
Take-Two Buys FarmVille Devs for Record Amount
Zynga is joining the studios gathered under the wing of Take 2 Interactive. The company has acquired the U.S. mobile game developer for $12.7 billion.
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Miriam Moszczynska
January 10, 2022
2022 Will Bring More Game Delays and Hardware Shortages
Analysts predict that in 2022, the pandemic will continue to cause major delays in game development and further trouble with hardware availability.
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Adrian Werner
December 9, 2021
COVID Hurt the Gaming Market in 2021; 2022 Could be a Record Year
Thanks to the pandemic, 2020 was a record year for the gaming industry. This year, however, the coronavirus dealt it a severe blow. All due to numerous delays.
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Adrian Werner
November 19, 2021
Apple Made More Money on Games Than Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Combined
Apple doesn't make video games, and yet it makes the most money on them in the global market. All thanks to the App Store, which provides the company with large profits.
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Michal Ciezadlik
October 5, 2021
PC Accounts Only For 14% of the Market in Europe; FIFA 21 in the Lead
ISFE and EGDF federations published a joint report summarizing the situation of the European game industry in 2020. We found out, among others, that the best-selling game on the Old Continent was FIFA 21.
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Ignacy Ziarkiewicz
August 26, 2021
Video Game Industry Will See a Dip in 2021, Newzoo's Report Claims
Newzoo claims that the video game market will see a decline in revenue compared to last year. Reasons for such assumptions include Apple's policies and the universal deficit of chips.
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Angelika Kaldus
May 17, 2021
Video Games Industry Is Bigger Than Film, Sports and Music
The gaming market has overtaken the movie industry - valued at nearly $180 billion in 2020 - and Gen Z values it more than sports.
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Angelika Kaldus
May 11, 2021
Lootboxes to Become Increasingly Profitable Despite Regulations
According to analysts, lootbox revenue is expected to grow every year until it reaches $20 billion per year in 2025. However, this development will not continue indefinitely.
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Adrian Werner
March 10, 2021
Activision Blizzard Achieves Record Value
Activision Blizzard can count the last few months as extremely successful. The company's value has never been so high, and its thanks to, in part, by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tom Borys
January 21, 2021
Scope of Nintendo's Success in Japan and US is Staggering
2020 proved to be an excellent year for the gaming industry. The biggest success was recorded by Nintendo, especially in the hardware segment. Switch sales were record-breaking in both the US and Japan, and in the latter country the platform accounted for 87% of all console sales.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 16, 2021
Microtransactions are the Main Course in the Gaming Industry
The latest SuperData report has brought some interesting information. It turns out that almost 90% of revenues of the digital gaming market are generated by microtransactions.
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Adrian Werner
December 3, 2020
Video Games are Ready for Netflix Model, Claims Analyst
Futuresource Consulting analyst Morris Garrard argues in a recent report that the video game industry is ready for Netflix's business model - a subscription that provides access to an extensive catalogue of games at a fixed monthly price.
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Bart Swiatek
September 29, 2020
Over 3 Billion Inhabitants of Earth are Gamers
According to the latest report of the analytical company DFC Intelligence, gamer represent as much as 40% of the world's population.
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August 15, 2020
Pandemic Helps Video Game Industry; Record Results in the US
2020 promises to be the most profitable year for the video game industry in the last decade. The reason for this may be the home isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Karol Laska
July 18, 2020