When including digital downloads and DLC the total revenue
generated by the console and portable industry reached $ 15.6 billion, slightly up over last year.
Only $ 21.6 million was
generated by console software sales in 2015 (Yes, that does say million, not billion) which is laughably low when you think about it.
Not exact matches
A recent report released
by App Annie and IDC shows that in the second quarter of 2013, combined sales of game content from Apple's App Store and Google Play were four times more than the revenue
generated from portable game
consoles.
«As well as the excitement
generated by Binary Domain in the
console press we were seeing increasing numbers of players asking for a PC version.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired
by the
console greats of old, featuring deep dungeon diving, classic JRPG turn - based combat, and tons of secrets, story and randomly -
generated replay goodness.
With an estimated $ 25 billion due to be
generated by games in China this year, revenue from
console games software will continue to account for less than 1 % of that.
Superdata found that 63 % of all revenue
generated by the top ten
console games listed above was
generated on PlayStation platforms.
Without significant sales, Nintendo has had a rough time and been relying on the 3DS» improved trading to account for the shortfall
generated by the home
console.
Securing
console exclusivity (at least for a while) for No Man's Sky has been a big win for Sony and the hype surrounding the procedurally
generated, infinite universe explorer created
by Hello Games isn't going anywhere.
A new trademark filed
by Nintendo has
generated rumours that their classic Nintendo 64
console may be up for revival.
In a monthly report titled Worldwide Digital Games Market: March 2018, the firm revealed that Fortnite's revenue was up
by 73 per cent from February and is now the largest free - to - play
console game of all time, regarding revenue
generated and monthly active users.
Nintendo was still riding the huge wave of nostalgia
generated by Pokémon Go (and the 3DS Pokémon titles that followed), they had a stellar new
console waiting in the wings, and a new president in the form of Tatsumi Kimishima who, while not being as public - facing as Iwata, seemed to be taking the company in a direction I approved of.
We as gamers are no strangers to the power that is set to be
generated by the next generation Xbox One and PlayStation 4
consoles.