The crowd at Gamescom 2022.
The crowd at Gamescom 2022.
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The DeanBeat: Gamescom can restore your faith in gaming as economy slows

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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As I attended the Gamescom and Devcom events in Germany this week, I saw so many countervailing trends that were both discouraging and optimistic.

Nvidia reported on Wednesday that gaming hardware revenues — for the graphics chips used in gaming computers — declined 33% in the quarter ended July 31, compared to a year ago and down 44% from the previous quarter. That’s a pretty big cliff to fall off, but it’s not surprising given the effects of the war in Ukraine, inflation, a steep drop in demand in China, and a global recession.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.