News April 29 Microsoft Store to reduce its cut from 30% to 12% on August 1 On August 1, Microsoft is reducing its Microsoft Store's cut from 30 percent to just 12 percent to make the platform more attractive for devs and publishers.
News December 28, 2020 IDC: video games industry revenue grows 20% in 2020 to nearly $180 billion According to IDC data, the total revenue of the gaming industry in 2020 is approaching $180 billion.
News October 13, 2020 Epic vs Apple dispute might spill over into Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox ecosystems The dispute between Epic and Apple could affect console makers, according to judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers. The court is now going to look into how these platforms function.
Events July 31, 2020 Daniel Ahmad: Digital sales have grown from five to ten times since launch of current-gen consoles Commenting on its Q1 FY21 financial results, EA said that 52% of its console full game unit sales over the past 12 months were digital.
News July 3, 2020 Game prices for PS5 and Xbox Series X likely to grow 17% Prices for the next-gen console games might go up, driven by the increased development costs.
News April 7, 2020 Phil Spencer: Xbox Series X and PS5 prices will be more important for users than teraflops The “console war” is heating as users compare the specifications of upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer shared his view of the situation.
News March 4, 2020 Video game consoles possibly assembled in labor camps Between 2017 and 2019, the Chinese authorities relocated 80,000 Uighurs out of Xinjiang to the East of the country. Their forced labor might be used at the factories where hardware is manufactured for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
News January 27, 2020 Console production in China no longer threatened by US trade tariffs As China and the US ease the trade war, a number of proposed trade tariffs are getting shelved. One of them is 25% import tax on consoles, which are mainly manufactured in China.
News January 15, 2020 Twitter Ads named most effective ad network for marketing console and PC games Microblogging service Twitter is the best platform for marketing PC and console games, according to marketing company Gamesight. It even surpasses the major ad network from Google.
