TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: NHS calls for loot box ban; Ubisoft to restructure editorial team; and NetEase Tom and Jerry title reaches 100m users. NHS calls for loot box ban NHS mental health director Claire Murdoch has issued a statement calling for a ban on loot boxes and limitations to in-game spending, in efforts to combat persistent gambling and compulsive behaviours in children. The health body is also supporting the UK parliamentary [...]

CD Projekt Red has delayed the release of its eagerly anticipated sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077. The game will now miss its scheduled April release slot, instead arriving in September 17th this year. That puts it in a very busy slot for new releases, and may mean it competes for attention with the arrival of next-gen consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X; platforms it is not understood to support. A release delay isn’t the most unusual event in the game industry, [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Twitch growth slows in 2019; Stadia to debut 120 titles; and Microsoft pledges carbon neutrality by 2030. Twitch growth slows in 2019 Twitch growth has slowed in 2019, with hours watched, hours streamed, number of unique channels and average concurrent viewership (CCV) all decreasing from Q1 to Q4, according to the Year in Review Live Streaming industry report released by Streamlabs and Newzoo. While Q4 results for the [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mobile gaming to surpass USD$100bn (£76.8bn) in 2020; stable year for video games on Kickstarter; and Star Wars mobile games pass USD$1bn (£768m). Mobile gaming to surpass USD$100bn (£76.8bn) in 2020 Mobile gaming is forecast to generate over USD$100bn (£76.8bn) globally this year, according to the State of Mobile 2020 report released by App Annie. Through 2019, mobile gaming saw 25% more consumer spend than console and PC [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: USD$680m (£523m) spent in Epic Games Store; Valve Index sold out globally; and Asian gaming market to generate over USD$65bn (£50bn) in 2020. USD$680m (£523m) spent in Epic Games Store Since launching in December 2018, player spending on Epic Games Store has reached USD$680m (£523m), with 108 million PC having used the platform. A total of 36% of this revenue, USD$251m (£193m), was generated from third-party titles, although [...]

PlayStation is skipping on attending E3 this year, just a few months before it plans to launch the PS5. A decade or so ago, that would have seemed like a very peculiar move. E3 has long been the place to announce and launch the biggest games and gaming platforms. It is famed as a media frenzy, where the world’s press amass to collect and share all the key gaming news. Indeed, it was the very first E3 in 1995 that saw one [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mobile gaming consumer spend hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn); over 70 million PC shipments in Q4 2019; and Riot launches tabletop division. Mobile gaming consumer spend hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn) Consumer spend on mobile gaming increased by 12.8% over the course of 2019 to reach a total of USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn), representing 74% of total in-app spending, according to estimates released by Sensor Tower. Total game installs also increased through 2019, rising [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Xbox to delay Series X exclusives; Switch releases in 2019 outnumber combined PS4 and Xbox One launches; and research launched into environmental impact of gaming. Xbox to delay Series X exclusives Xbox will be delaying Series X exclusive titles for a period of one to two years after the launch of the device, with games released during this window being available across Xbox One as well as the [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Facebook Gaming increases audience share; China regulators launch mental health initiative targeting gaming; Pokemon GO generated USD$894m (£684m) in 2019; and Hamburg launches €2.08m (£1.77m) developer fund. Facebook Gaming increases audience share Facebook Gaming increased its audience share of its streaming market by 210% year-on-year during 2019, reaching 102 million total hours watched in December alone, according to figures released in the Q4 State of Streaming report by [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Twitch falls short of ad revenue expectations; Steam release numbers plateau; and PlayStation 5 Japanese release window to mirror Western markets. Twitch falls short of ad revenue expectations Twitch has fallen significantly short of internal expectations for advertising revenue, according to company officials speaking to The Information. By the middle of last year, the company was projecting final ad revenue of USD$300m (£229m) for 2019, whereas Amazon executives [...]