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Industry News February 19, 2020

Didital Foundry on next-gen console pricing: $399 very much doable

Last week Bloomberg reported how manufacturing a PS5 unit now costs $450. From that, the newspaper assumed that the retail price for Sony’s next-get console should be around $470.

Industry News February 19, 2020

ByteDance steps up its game in gaming with personnel changes and plans to take on Honor of Kings

TikTok developer is gearing up to seriously expand into the gaming market. Big releases, diversification and competition with Tencent are imminent. ByteDance is going to appoint an executive who will solely focus on running its gaming business.

Industry News February 19, 2020

UPD: THQ Nordic parent company acquires World War Z makers. THQ Nordic to set up new studio to work on Gothic remake

Saber Interactive will now become part of Embracer Group. It will be the fifth operating company of the group previously known as THQ Nordic AB.

Industry News February 19, 2020

Unto the End makers on their deal with Xbox Game Pass

Subscriptions are becoming an increasingly valid model for both platform holders and players. Are they good for developers? There is still a lot of speculation and concern around that. Especially when attempts are made to link developers’ revenues to the time players spend in their game.