SuperData: Games grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 amid pandemic
The game industry grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 from $120.1 billion in 2019 as many industries shrank during the pandemic, according to...
SuperData: Black Friday and Cyber Monday digital game sales fell 10% to $3.9 billion
Digital games earned $3.9 billion worldwide between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, said market researcher SuperData. That represented a 10% decline from a year...
Nielsen: Avengers, Call of Duty, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales are fall’s most-anticipated games
Global measurement and analytics firm Nielsen said in a report today that the most anticipated games of the year are Marvel’s Avengers, Call of...
Nielsen: 39% of U.S. gamers are spending more money on the hobby
As people continue to shelter in their homes in the fight against coronavirus, videos games are stepping up. The medium provides entertainment, but it’s...
SuperData: Games hit $120.1 billion in 2019, with Fortnite topping $1.8 billion
The combined game industry grew 3% to $120.1 billion in 2019, according to market researcher SuperData in its year-end report. And Epic’s Fortnite battle...
SuperData: Facebook sold 180,000 Oculus Quests in Q3 2019
Back in September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at Oculus Connect 6 that the company was making Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets as fast...
Mobcrush hits 84 million unique monthly users and pays out $5 million to streamers
Mobcrush, a mobile livestreaming service, said its American audience has grown to more than 84 million unique viewers per month (UVPM) across its network,...
Nielsen: How to properly measure the impact of esports for brands and advertisers
Analysts predict esports should be a very big business in the future, and it is already amassing huge audiences. Brands and advertisers want to...
Riot Games gets Nielsen to measure League of Legends esports competitions
Riot Games has tapped Nielsen to measure League of Legends esports competition so sponsors know the impact of their advertising dollars. The deal is...
SuperData Arcade Forecaster predicts the future performance of digital games
Nielsen’s SuperData game research firm has launched a tool that predicts the performance of existing and upcoming digital games across several key metrics that...