Wholesale Games Industry and Market News
The German games market has grown to €6.2 billion
In 2019 German consumers spent €6.2 billion on gaming products, pushing the market and helping it experience some serious growth.
Worldwide digital games market in March 2020
Digital charts, March 2020:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. FIFA 20
3. MLB The Show 20
GameStop is reopening stores closed by Coronavirus
GameStop stores were forced to close due to the spread of the coronavirus. This week it is looking at reopening the first stores since their closure.
PC version of Death Stranding delayed to July 2020
Death Stranding, the debut game from Kojima Productions, has had the PC version delayed for release until July this year.
FIFA 20 returns to the top of the physical UK chart
UK Charts. Week of April 18, 2020:
1. FIFA 20
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Final Fantasy 7 Remake shipped 3.5 million units in 3 days
Square Enix has announced that their latest release, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, sold 3.5 million units in the first three days on sale.
Best-selling video games in the U.S. – March 2020
US Charts, March 2020:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3. MLB The Show 20
UK games spending in 2019 fell ahead of next-gen consoles
UK consumers spent £5.35 billion on games and video game products in 2019. This data comes from the latest market valuation report from UKIE.
Nintendo is aiming to boost production of Switch consoles
According to a new report, Nintendo is aiming to increase the number of Nintendo Switch consoles that they are planning to produce in 2020.
E3 reveals and announcements coming soon
Senior Analyst at Niko Partners Daniel Ahmad made an interesting post on Twitter regarding the announcements that would have been at this year’s E3 event.
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