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The global digital games market soared to $7.47bn in January 2017, showing a healthy growth of 9.8 per cent year-on-year, according to a new report from SuperData Research. Digital console and premium PC showed the biggest rise worldwide, with increases of 32 and 34 per cent year-on-year respectively. In the …
Read More »US digital market grew 16% year-on-year in December 2016
The US digital console market grew 16 per cent year-on-year in December 2016, compared with a 16 per cent drop year-on-year at US retail during the same period. That’s according to the latest report from data research firm SuperData. December was the worst month in two decades for the US console …
Read More »SuperData Research values worldwide games market at $91 billion
Free to play and mobile games continue to be the big winners
Read More »SuperData Research predicts PSVR will sell 2.5m headsets
PlayStation VR predicted nearly five times as many units sold as the HTC Vive
Read More »How China’s biggest companies are crushing it at virtual reality
SuperData director of research and head of VR/AR strategy Stephanie Llamas takes a look at why companies in the region have embraced the nascent medium
Read More »Visions from the Future: Could VR send the games industry backwards?
Joost van Dreunen issues a stark warning about VR’s prospects, as the emerging medium struggles to surpass its negative mainstream perception
Read More »A lesson from old media
Joost van Dreunen suggests mobile developers should pay more attention to the TV industry
Read More »Made for China: How to conquer this growing games market
SuperData Research's Joost van Dreunen discusses how to localise for this lucrative region
Read More »Digital PC games outperformed mobile in 2015
SuperData report shows games for smart devices failed to match PC success
Read More »Three out of four VR users will choose mobile
New SuperData report suggests smartphones will lead this year’s virtual reality push
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