The more money a game generates in its first week the better. But how does the first-week revenue compare to year one revenue?

Before releasing its annual financial report for 2020, CD Projekt shared the estimated numbers. The company earned a record-breaking $563 million, which is more than 2 times higher than revenues for 2015 — the year when The Witcher 3 was released.

Visual Capitalist has posted a cool infographic highlighting game-changer moments in the history of video games. It also visualizes the dynamics of gaming revenues culminating in $165 billion in 2020.

Simon Carless posted the results of the Steam revenue survey, which around 100 developers took part in. The survey asked about the gross revenue generated on Steam in Week 1, and then asked ‘what multiple of that revenue did you have at the end of Month 1? How about Year 1?’ 

In the latest blog post, discoverability guru Simon Carless discusses how developers or publishers’ net revenue compares to what gamers actually spend on the game.

This summer saw a sharp decline in Fortnite viewership on Twitch. As it turns out, the game’s revenue in the US has also been on the decline. In July, it generated 52% less than the same month last year.

Sensor Tower analyzed 100 top publishers by game revenue on App Store and Google Play. In Q1 2019, App Store game publishers grossed 48 percent more than their counterparts on Google Play.

In mid-May, Archero, a game published by Singapore-based company Habby, hit mobile stores. Within a month, the game has reached 10m installs and brought in over eight million dollars in revenue, according to DataMagic.

Artifact, a digital collectible card game, developed and published by Valve, lost 95% of players within 2 months since its release in November 2018. This happened despite the praise from the critics. One of the reasons for the game’s failure is the monetization model that many labelled “pay-to-win.”