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As traditional entertainment struggles to find its place in a new digital world, video games prosper and have evolved into a mainstream form of entertainment. Joost van Dreunen, CEO of analyst firm SuperData Research, talked the rise of games in the context of the larger media and entertainment industry growth in a talk at GamesBeat Summit […]
If 2016 was the Year of VR, at least from a hardware perspective with the launch of the Rift, Vive, PSVR, and Daydream, then 2017 must have been the Year of VR Software. We not only got amazing breakout experiences like Lone Echo and Echo Arena, but some of the market’s biggest games got VR adaptations and conversions […]
Stardew Valley has reaped what it sowed — that is, 3.5 million copies of the Harvest Moon-like farming simulator. It also boasts an impressive 700,000 monthly active players, according to industry analyst SuperData Research. Solo developer Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, partnered with publisher Chucklefish to debut the game on PC in February 2016, and has […]
Loot box fiascos and downvotes aside, multiplayer games are selling well. Digital video game spending was 15 percent up year-over-year in October, according to industry analyst SuperData Research. Sales on PC, consoles, and mobile totaled $ 8.5 billion, as compared to $ 7.4 billion in October 2016. This is thanks to the success of multiplayer games […]
Market researcher SuperData reports that April 2017’s gaming sales are down from March 2017, bringing in only $ 7.7 billion compared to March’s $ 8 billion. However, both the digital games and the mobile markets are still up year-over-year, showing respectively a 9 percent and an 8 percent growth from 2016. The free-to-play segment has […]
Market researcher SuperData Research predicts that the Nintendo Switch game console will sell five million units by the end of the 2017. That could be a healthy start to a next generation of consoles, particularly since Nintendo’s last console, the Wii U, sold a disappointing 14 million units after the previous generation Wii sold 100 […]
