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Video games is no longer the biggest entertainment medium in the UK

GamesIndustry.biz

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 That includes sales of digital and physical video games, covering PC, mobile and consoles. billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before.

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How can Nintendo Switch 2 surpass its predecessor? | Opinion

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Nintendo fully revealed the console almost exactly seven years ago. It held an event at Hammersmith in London to showcase the product to media, retail and assorted industry people and celebrities. A group of us convened in a pub afterwards and the view was unanimous: this might be Nintendo's last console. Read more

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Newzoo: Global games market expected to increase 2.6% in 2023

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Mobile revenue due to increase 0.8% billion Consoles expected to produce $56.1 The mobile market is due to reach $92.6 The mobile market is due to reach $92.6 At a glance: Market estimated to generate $187.7 billion in 2023, up 2.6% billion in 2023, a 2.6% increase year-on-year, according to Newzoo's latest report.

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Industry Voices: Social mobility and the games industry: how an industry worth £4.6 billion is failing its talent

Game Development News

Dan Ahern, QA lead at Radical Forge talks about social mobility in the games industry - MCV/DEVELOP

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[From the industry] Xsolla powers web shop launches for 40 of the top 100 mobile games

Game Development News

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, shares insights that 40 of the top 100 mobile games have launched their Web Shop using Xsolla's solution

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GameStop circles the drain

Game Daily

Of course, this still happens, but the rise of digital sales has significantly diminished their financial significance, and thereby the power of GameStop, America’s biggest physical games retailer. Over the years, various attempts to diversify into digital retailing, mobile phones and, most recently, NFTs, have come to nothing.

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Epic Games Store to trade revenue share for exclusivity window

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The Epic Games Store is taking another approach to combating Steam, as Epic today announced a new opt-in First Run Program that will trade the company's share of revenues for the first six months of release in exchange for exclusivity.

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