A report shows that while the industry is growing, its biggest competition is Fortnite, GTA, Call of Duty, and Roblox

A newly released game industry report by market researcher Newzoo shows that while the PC and console market grew 2.6 percent in 2023, overall playtime decreased as gamers spent more and more time in a smaller list of old games like Fortnite* *and League of Legends.

  • Omega@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    While I did put some time into a new game last year, I like my comfort games that I’ve played a million times before.

  • LadyAutumnEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Was shocked to see how prolific retro gaming has become, then read the article summary lol

  • kiwi5400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    My friends and I typically play two or three games in rotation, then we’ll each have a single-player title we play when nobody is online. For the past few months, it’s been a bunch of Helldivers, with some rocket league and fortnite music interspersed. Two of those games are technically over six years old. Before that, it was a bunch of deep rock galactic. I have been playing through sifu on my own time, and that’s pretty new and fun.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I guess that’s what happens with these addicting F2P games. If you look at the top 10, half are F2P.

    I think it’s especially interesting that Switch games trend toward newer games, and only one (I think?) is F2P.

    • BarbecueCowboy@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      The switch is interesting because it probably has the most unique catalog. There are a lot of games you can only get on the switch and there are also a lot of games that are popular elsewhere but just don’t fit right with the switch ecosystem.

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      There haven’t really been many ‘blockbuster’ games coming out over the last couple of years either. Gone are the days of people getting hyped up for a new COD or what have you.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        What about:

        • Cyberpunk 2077
        • Baldur’s Gate 3
        • Hogwarts Legacy
        • Armored Core 6
        • Lies of P
        • Alan Wake 2

        Those were all pretty big and well received, and released in the timeframe. But they don’t make the list, probably because they’re single player games and players tend to move on after completing them, whereas F2P games constantly have new content.

  • Secret300@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Not surprising. We went 6+ years without any good games. It’s looking up though. I haven’t bought helldivers yet but it looks really good. I just need to upgrade my PC

  • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Hmm…aside from live service games (released about 6~7 years ago), 100% of my play time has been games over 10 years old.

    Oh wait, I played Mario RPG (a remake of a ~30-year old game), and some Super Mario Wonder…

    I’m probably well beyond that criteria! Lol