SuperData Research Archives - Page 3 of 9

Superdata: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds made $34 million in April

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 25, 2017
2 min

You don’t kill 99 digital strangers without making a few bucks. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is making bank. We already knew this because the Battle Royale-like online multiplayer...

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How Unity convinced investors it’s worth $2.6 billion

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 25, 2017
9 min

From what we hear, a lot of investors in Silicon Valley wanted to get in on Unity Technologies’ $400 million funding round. Unity received...

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9 min

Twitch and its chat are strong targets for affiliate marketing.

SuperData: Gaming-related videos will earn $4.6 billion this year

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 19, 2017
2 min

Twitch, YouTube, and other gaming-focused video sites have created an enormous market that attracts a massive global audience, and this sector is on pace to...

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GameStop is still the big destination for PS4 and Xbox One owners, but investors continue to worry about digital.

SuperData: Digital sales continue to grow thanks to consoles, PC, and mobile

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 28, 2017
1 min

Consumers are spending more of their budget on digital gaming. Digital game revenues increased 4 percent worldwide in February year-over-year to $7.83 billion, according...

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1 min

Machine learning will be a game-changer for esports

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 12, 2017
5 min

It’s a total understatement to say that the growing presence of machine learning in games is big news. The technology promises to turn the...

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5 min

SuperData: Nintendo Switch could sell 5 million units in 2017

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 2, 2017
2 min

Market researcher SuperData Research predicts that the Nintendo Switch game console will sell five million units by the end of the 2017. That could...

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2 min

SuperData: Mobile games hit $40.6 billion in 2016, matching world box office numbers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2017
3 min

Mobile games hit a new record by generating more than $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016, up 18 percent from a year ago,...

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3 min

Digital game sales grew 10% in December while retail sales crashed

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 26, 2017
2 min

Worldwide digital game games sales in December 2016 grew to $7.6 billion, up 10 percent from December 2015, according to market researcher SuperData Research....

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League of Legends, Call of Duty, and Pokémon Go rule November digital game charts

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 21, 2016
2 min

November is the coolest month for new game launches. And this year, total digital revenue grew to $6.7 billion in November, up 13 percent...

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Worldwide game industry hits $91 billion in revenues in 2016, with mobile the clear leader

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 21, 2016
2 min

Games generated $91 billion worldwide in 2016, according to a report from market researcher SuperData Research. The mobile game segment was the largest at...

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2 min