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GamesIndustry.biz presents... The Year In Numbers 2023

As the holidays draw near, it's the time for us to indulge and feast upon pie… charts. And bar graphs, tables, and other statistics.

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gamesindustry.biz
P_Bomb139d ago

Total market revenue = 95% digital 5% boxed! 😵

Christopher139d ago

MTX is massive, so it does warp this. Lots of the biggest revenue streams are in-game and not on shelves at all. But you know where a ton of kids get the in-game currency to buy them? From cards sold at B&M stores.

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Will the 2024 Olympics Have Esports?

ESTNN writes: "The inaugural Olympic Esports Series in 2023 was a huge stepping stone that legitimized electronic games and bridged virtual and physical sports. But will we see an esports category in the 2024 Paris Olympics?"

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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techraptor.net
Yi-Long11h ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0910h ago(Edited 10h ago)

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.

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How can any Xbox studio trust Microsoft now?

For Xbox’s hugely expanded gaming division, anything that isn’t Call of Duty is now a failure, and that’s a problem

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videogameschronicle.com
lelo2play18h ago

Honestly, If I worked presently for Microsoft's gaming division, I would update my CV and look for work elsewhere...

Simon_the_sorcerer17h ago

I would do the same, because MS will most likely pull-off more stunts like this in the near future...

Chocoburger7h ago

"Now"?

How about "ever"?

They closed so many of their dev teams during the second half of the Xbox 360 era. Have we forgotten history so quickly?

Dummy fake journalists acting so surprised over these recent closures, when this is something that's been going on for well over a decade now with MS.