GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2023

million PC and console games were sold in March across Europe, a slight drop of 4% compared with the same period in 2022. That means for the first quarter of the year, 39 million games have been sold, which is a drop of 11% over last year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 10, 2023

It was a tough April for the UK PC and console games market, with sales down on games and hardware. Just under 111,000 consoles were sold in the UK during the month (GfK figures), which is 20% down over March. 1 console of the month once again, followed by Nintendo Switch and then Xbox Series S and X. PS5 was the No.1

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

Looking at digital sales more precisely, digital console software sales were up 5.6% billion, and digital PC software sales increased 4.5% 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 billion following a 4.5%

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iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

In this article, we will examine important tips and strategies that will allow you to improve the efficiency of the console game testing process you are responsible for. You will be able to find a wider variety of bugs and assure a more stable game if you run these test cases using a variety of software and hardware combinations.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 12, 2023

At a glance: 159 million console and PC games were sold across tracked European markets in 2022, a drop of 7.1% over the year before. This is according to the latest GSD data, which tracks physical and digital game sales across Europe.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

Game QA is an integral part of game development which ensures that the end products of console games are safeguarded against glitches. The foremost objective of mastering this technique is to ensure that a gaming application responds in the same way regardless of the operating system or console. Inquire Now!

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A report by the Entertainment Software Association has found that 72% of children in the US want games-related products for Christmas, but only 22% have asked for physical games. Subscriptions were the most popular gift idea at 39%, followed closely by consoles (38%), games accessories (32%), and in-game currency (29%). Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2023

Sales of video games, consoles and accessories fell in 2022, due to ongoing stock shortages and a fall in popularity of older titles. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the latest data straight to your inbox At a glance. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

38 million video games were sold in the UK during 2023, the latest GSD figures reveal. It's a slight increase of 2.6% over the year before, with EA Sports FC 24 continuing where FIFA left off as the UK's best-selling video game. Sales for the rebranded series are down 8.4% over the year before to 2.39 million units sold.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A console dev kit is a lot like a networked computer fused with a game console. It has beefier hardware than the retail console (because it needs to be able to hold and run debug builds of the game). Game consoles today typically have plugins for Microsoft Visual studio to handle the remote debugging process.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2023

That's more or less true, although the lines are more blurred than these definitions suggest; Sony definitely sees PlayStation as a generation-spanning digital platform to some extent, while Microsoft is clearly invested in the fortunes of the Xbox Series X/S consoles as hardware platforms.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 6, 2023

Atari has announced a collaboration with Playmaji, the company behind the Polymega retro game console. The partnership will see Playmaji provide support for Atari games on Polymega's software and hardware, in addition to integration between the retro console and the Atari VCS.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 5, 2023

Over the past year or so, a note of discord has crept into the generally enthusiastic response to Microsoft's current console strategy. There's just one wrinkle; it's become harder and harder to ignore the lack of first-party exclusives.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Video game sales across Europe were down in September compared with the year before, according to the latest figures from GSD. September 2022 was a five-week month, and as a result the numbers appear down 16% over September 2023. But this year was a four-week month.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Europe posted a solid month for video game sales during November, driven by Call of Duty, EA Sports FC 24 and PS5. million video games were sold across tracked European markets, a rise of 20% over the year before. However, this is because November 2023 was a 'five week' month compared with the four weeks of November 2022.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 20, 2023

million video games were sold across the UK last month, a slight rise of nearly 1% over the year before (GSD data). The best-selling game by a country mile was EA Sports FC 24. It's a strong launch for the game, with sales only down 8% over last year's FIFA 23.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

million video games from AAA publishers were sold across Europe last month, GSD data reports. That's a rise of nearly 29% over August last year. It's an impressive result, especially as the big game of August - Baldur's Gate 3 - is not counted in this data as publisher Larian is not part of the GSD panel. Instead, FIFA 23 is No.1.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Circana today released its monthly US game spending report, with the industry's total November haul taking a hit thanks to year-over-year declines in hardware and console software spending. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In fact, if you'd been asked last week to predict Microsoft's hardware and software strategy over the coming years, pretty much the safest, most default answers would have lined up perfectly with the plans that emerge from the court filings.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 13, 2024

It is now the third-largest game company in the world and generated $23 billion in revenues across console hardware, and first- and third-party software sales last year. Following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s gaming division had swelled to around 23,000 employees globally.

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Game Errors

JUNE 12, 2023

So it can be a little surprising to know that the popular console is prone to throwing errors. Read on to find all the easy and quick solutions for this console problem. But it can also come up when you’re trying to connect an external device or hard disk to the console. You don’t have enough space on the console’s hard disk.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Due to a technical situation at the charts company, we are using GfK data for physical game sales this month. million digital games were sold in the UK during October (GSD data), a drop of 24% over the year before. Meanwhile, GfK data shows that physical game sales are up slighty (+8%) to 1.08 million games sold. Read more

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many PC games are designed around an eight-core console with an assumption that their software threading system ‘just works’ on all PCs, especially. This was a reasonable assumption not too long ago when most PCs had similar core counts to consoles: the CPUs were just faster and performance just scaled.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s the most important software launch for the Xbox Series X/S consoles to date – there’s more on the line here than even with the launch of Halo Infinite, I’d argue – and Microsoft is hopeful that this will mark a turning point for a platform’s well-documented struggles with its first-party software pipeline.

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Game Errors

DECEMBER 27, 2022

If you are encountering the CE-112840-6 error on your PS5 console, just follow the troubleshooting provided in this article to get that fixed. CE-112840-6 is an error code that is displayed on a Sony PlayStation console. It usually indicates that there is a problem with the system software or the system storage.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 11, 2024

million console and PC games were sold across European markets, according to GSD (which tracks digital and physical console and PC game sales). The result of this means that new releases such as WWE 2K24 (No.12), 12), Rise Of The Ronin (No.18) 18) and Princess Peach Showtime (No.23), 23), all chart lower than expected. In total, 15.9

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Game Errors

MAY 9, 2023

Are you experiencing issues with starting games on your console? You get WS-116520-5 error on your PS5 due to problems with PlayStation servers, configuration on your console or network devices, issues with PS5 licenses, outdated PS5 software, or the location you are trying to connect from. Why do I get PS5 error WS-116520-5?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2023

Unlike Microsoft, which develops operating and application software, and Nintendo, which considers itself a toymaker, Sony has long focused on building high-quality media devices. Sony currently maintains its dominant position in console gaming with a 2-to-1 ratio for installed devices compared to its main rival Microsoft.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Software sales were up 26% to ¥479 billion ($3.16 million copies sold across PlayStation consoles. Digital software sales represented ¥200 billion ($1.32 billion), representing 67.6 First-party titles represented 4.7 Earlier this year, the firm said it planned to sell 25 million PS5 units by the end of the fiscal year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 11, 2023

UK sales of video games and consoles rose during the first quarter of the year, according to the latest market data from GSD and GfK. The success of the software market was driven by Hogwarts Legacy, which is the fastest-selling video game in the UK outside of FIFA and Call of Duty since Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Game Errors

MAY 11, 2023

The console’s user-friendly and speedy UI links your games to social platforms. Therefore, when you receive this error, you may suspect the following: the game disc is physically damaged or dirty corrupted game files a bug in the game console software issue How do I fix error code CE-108255-1 on PS5? Do the following: 1.

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Game Errors

JUNE 10, 2023

Recently, a number of PS4 users have complained that they are experiencing PS4 Error np-34954-5 , which disables them from playing any games on the console. This is a highly annoying problem that is mainly brought on by your console’s failure to connect to the PlayStation Network. Then set the Primary DNS as 8.8.8.8

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Game Errors

AUGUST 5, 2023

There are a few potential reasons that could explain the situation: overheating game or system software glitch server issues hardware issue corrupted game files How do I fix my Xbox One S from freezing? Restart console If you’re experiencing issues with your Xbox One S freezing or crashing, it may be due to corrupt cache files.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

According to GfK, over 135,000 games consoles were sold last month, a rise of 22% over July and 8% up over August last year. The console benefited substantially from aggressive price discounting and bundles across the summer months. It was a solid August for video games in the UK, driven by continued strong sales of PS5.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 4, 2024

Besides Technical Artist, there's also console architecture experts and Houdini VFX experts. A software engineer that specializes in game console architecture, for example, is incredibly useful to have on a team - every game on that platform will need optimization and having an expert direct those initiatives makes a big difference.

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Game Errors

JANUARY 12, 2024

Unfortunately, even after trying to restart my console the problem persisted. Power Cycle the Console Reinstall the Games Delete the Local Saved Games Remove Your Profile Contact Microsoft Support 1. Power Cycle The Console This is a simple way to restart your console and refresh its software.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 8, 2023

MSFS may keep crashing on Xbox due to the following reasons: Outdated Xbox software Corrupted cache files Corrupted or missing game files Outdated game version Problems with saved data and saved files How to fix MSFS crashing Xbox? Update the Xbox software to remove outdated and corrupt software.

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