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Are ‘picture-perfect’ games marketing campaigns detrimental to building continued engagement?

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Karol Severin

1 Aug 2022

games marketing

Last week, my social media feeds were taken over by the release of Stray (the ‘cat game’) trying to grab my attention. I suppose that this was to be expected – I’m a cat-owning games analyst after...

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More M&A activity could shift power from games companies closer to big tech

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Richard Broadhurst

22 Jul 2022

attention recession

The first half of 2022 revealed how fragile the digital economy can be. The gaming industry, after a bullish run over the course of the pandemic, was not exempt from the blend of economic uncertainty,...

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The average gamer plays more than one hour per day, as time spent takes centre stage

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Karol Severin

8 Jul 2022

games consumption

gamer engagement

Over the last two decades, the business models of video games have progressively shifted from unit-sales-led towards engagement-led. This is due to a combination of factors; including the rise of in-game...

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Samsung is becoming an important games distribution player, as the ‘gaming TV market’ comes to life

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Karol Severin

4 Jul 2022

Samsung is establishing itself as a serious player in the distribution part of the games industry’s value chain through its ‘Gaming Hub’. Having already partnered with GeForce Now and Stadia games...

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Can Gamescom retain its appeal going forward?

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Karol Severin

23 Jun 2022

I remember attending my first Gamescom as an analyst in 2017 . The sheer excitement as gaming was eating the world whole, and before brands and just about everybody else woke up to gaming as a mainstream...

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Quick take: Why Xbox All Access could be the ultimate recession winner

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Karol Severin

17 Jun 2022

global recession

Xbox All Access has been around for a while now, though with a limited reach (currently only available in 12 markets). While it was always going to play an integral part in Xbox’s cross-platform (and...

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Xbox to rid large games of a key competitive weapon

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Karol Severin

10 Jun 2022

games streaming

Xbox is looking simply unstoppable these days. After announcing the Xbox Everywhere vision, it has confirmed that besides the announced ‘puck’ in the works, it is indeed bringing the Xbox App into...

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Single player vs. multiplayer | A generational changing of the guards or a bifurcation of gamer behaviours?

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Karol Severin

26 May 2022

Though the roots of the multiplayer mode go back decades, online multiplayer games have been taking the world by storm in more recent years. Here is where things stand at the moment: 57% of gamers prefer...

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Xbox Cloud Gaming expansion heralds a cross-platform future

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Perry Gresham

13 May 2022

MIDiA has been writing about Xbox’s cross-platform future for years, and Microsoft is bringing this closer to reality with each step they take. Ultimately, Xbox gamers may soon not need to own consoles...

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What happened with EA and FIFA and why both are probably going to be fine

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Karol Severin

12 May 2022

As we warned in October 2021, the divorce of EA and FIFA has come into fruition. EA’s FIFA series has been rebranded to EA Sports FC and FIFA (the organisation) is taking its brand away to expand on...

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Quick take: Spotify to connect artists and fans on a Roblox island

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Karol Severin

5 May 2022

Spotify launched a digital island in Roblox yesterday. The destination enables players to take part in interactive quests, buy virtual merchandise, mingle with artists, and create their own sounds and...

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Why games could be the winning entertainment sector as disposable income tightens

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Karol Severin

28 Apr 2022

attention recession

Inflation, as well as macroeconomic and geopolitical developments (from Brexit, through chasing Covid-induced debt, right up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) will likely drive disposable income (and...

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The Covid entertainment boom is over

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Hanna Kahlert

27 Apr 2022

Two years of pandemic-driven lockdown restrictions turned out to be a golden era for digital entertainment. With 12% of extra available free time allocated to various entertainment propositions, and additional...

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You can play Snoop Dogg in Call of Duty, but you can’t PLAY him

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Karol Severin

21 Apr 2022

Call of Duty dropped the ‘Tracer Pack: Snoop Dogg Operator Bundle’, costing 2,400 COD Points ($19.99). It comes with Snoop’s playable skin, his own voice lines and progression path towards unlockable...

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Sony continues investing in Epic Games

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Karol Severin

19 Apr 2022

Sony continues investing in Epic Games Although Microsoft stole the headlines with its acquisition of Activision early this year, Sony is certainly not just standing on the side-lines. Last week, it announced...

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Unreal is evolving from a games development tool to a story-telling tool

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Karol Severin

7 Apr 2022

Unreal Engine 5

games development

Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, launched Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) this week. Despite being in works for a few years and in private Beta for most of 2021, the overall product strategy focusses on tapping...

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Microsoft’s new cloud focus solidifies Xbox Game Pass as the Netflix of games

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Perry Gresham

29 Mar 2022

Last week Microsoft announced a new division of Xbox Game Studios, the “Cloud Gaming Organisation”, designed to help developers create new cloud-native games to be distributed via their Xbox Game Pass...

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Elden Ring’s early success shows that traditional gaming experiences are still relevant

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Perry Gresham

24 Mar 2022

niche is the new mainstream

From Software’s hardcore action role-playing game (ARPG), Elden Ring, has outperformed even the most optimistic predictions, resulting in the biggest game launch in recent history (excluding yearly titans...

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What the music industry can learn from play-to-earn gaming

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Tatiana Cirisano

16 Mar 2022

Should entertainment fans be compensated for their fandom? Play-to-earn (P2E), a newly popular school of thought in the gaming space, says yes. People usually play video games for pure enjoyment, but in...

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Quick Take: Regulation and war are leading the global games industry's trajectory to diverge

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Karol Severin

11 Mar 2022

Over the last few years, the traditional unit sales-based model in games has been increasingly moving towards engagement-led models. In other words, we are moving away from costly price points to buy complete...

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