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Trends that shape the future of the PC & console market according to Newzoo

PreMortem.Games

Top image by Freepik The games industry has been one of the most resilient and profitable sectors in the entertainment industry. 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.

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What are AAA Games and Mobile Games?

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With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. Now, when you think about high-end games, you think about AAA. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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Shuhei Yoshida on his BAFTA, breaking the rules, and opening PlayStation to more indies

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The impact the game had on the people who played it, the emotional reaction that game created to almost console people who had lost love ones… By playing the game, you can reflect on the people you loved, their life and death." It wasn't just best indie game, but the best game of the year.

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The Golden Age of Handheld Gaming

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The advent of handheld gaming consoles marked a significant era in the gaming industry. This bubble of time, between the early 2000s and mid-2010s, witnessed the rise of several iconic handheld consoles, including the Sony PSP, and various iterations of Nintendo’s DS line, such as the Nintendo DS, 3DS, and 2DS.

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The Invincible by Starward Industries: A stellar fusion of sci-fi literature and gaming greatness

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It was founded by a group of seasoned developers who were instrumental in the success of several AAA franchises including The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and, Dying Light. The team found the novel The Invincible to be the perfect hook for their studio’s philosophy: creating meaningful experiences in high quality PC and console games.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

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Torchlight Infinite by XD Entertainment. Torchlight Inifinite is an ARPG (action roleplaying game), and the fourth title in the series made by XD Entertainment. It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile. It’s obviously simplified (they only released 10 legends on mobile, compared to the 20+ on console and PC).

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How live subscription games squeeze traditional AAA releases

Game Daily

That’s the question addressed by Ampere Analysis’ Piers Harding-Rolls in a recent webinar report, titled Dissecting the competitive landscape for console games in 2023. Harding-Rolls shared how much live service and multiplayer games have come to dominate the console landscape.

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