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Twitch Growth Slows in 2019; Stadia to Debut 120 titles
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Twitch growth slows in 2019; Stadia to debut 120 titles; and Microsoft pledges carbon neutrality by 2030. Twitch growth slows in 2019 Twitch growth has slowed in 2019, [...]
Mobile Gaming to Surpass USD$100bn (£76.8bn) in 2020; Stable Year for Video Games on Kickstarter
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mobile gaming to surpass USD$100bn (£76.8bn) in 2020; stable year for video games on Kickstarter; and Star Wars mobile games pass USD$1bn (£768m). Mobile gaming to surpass [...]
USD$680m (£523m) Spent in Epic Games Store; Valve Index Sold Out Globally
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: USD$680m (£523m) spent in Epic Games Store; Valve Index sold out globally; and Asian gaming market to generate over USD$65bn (£50bn) in 2020. USD$680m (£523m) spent in [...]
Analysis: PlayStation Passing on E3 Attendence
PlayStation is skipping on attending E3 this year, just a few months before it plans to launch the PS5. A decade or so ago, that would have seemed like a very peculiar move. E3 has long been the place to announce [...]
Mobile Gaming Consumer Spend Hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn); Over 70 Million PC Shipments in Q4 2019
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mobile gaming consumer spend hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn); over 70 million PC shipments in Q4 2019; and Riot launches tabletop division. Mobile gaming consumer spend hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn) Consumer [...]
Xbox to Delay Series X Exclusives; Switch Releases in 2019 Outnumber Combined PS4 and Xbox One Launches
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Xbox to delay Series X exclusives; Switch releases in 2019 outnumber combined PS4 and Xbox One launches; and research launched into environmental impact of gaming. Xbox to [...]
Facebook Gaming Increases Audience Share; China Launches Mental Health Initiative Targeting Gaming
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Facebook Gaming increases audience share; China regulators launch mental health initiative targeting gaming; Pokemon GO generated USD$894m (£684m) in 2019; and Hamburg launches €2.08m (£1.77m) developer [...]
Twitch Falls Short of Ad Revenue Expectations; Steam Release Numbers Plateau
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Twitch falls short of ad revenue expectations; Steam release numbers plateau; and PlayStation 5 Japanese release window to mirror Western markets. Twitch falls short of ad revenue [...]
CWA Launches Campaign for Video Game Unionisation; Square Enix Focusing on Cloud Gaming
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: CWA launches campaign for video game unionisation; Square Enix focusing on cloud gaming; and Anzu.io partners with Vivid Games. CWA launches campaign for video game unionisation The Communications [...]
In-Game Ads in 2019: Inside deltaDNA's Ad Survey Results Report
It's easy to feel instinctively optimistic about in-game advertising. In recent years there's been a powerful sense that in-game ads aren't simply an increasingly valuable means of income for developers and publishers; perhaps they're now understood and embraced by more consumers [...]
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