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10+ most popular GamesIndustry articles, as voted by our community.
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UK games sales dropped 6% in 2022 and console sales plunged 29%
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga beat Elden Ring
European console and PC game sales fall 7.1% over 2021
Xbox is the only console to grow year-on-year across Europe
Finji CEO: Subscriptions are simultaneously "awesome and terrifying"
The industry goes in cycles for indies, Finji CEO Bekah Saltsman tells us in a discussion at last October's Megamigs co…
2022 was a year of market corrections
The headline image above is a screen capture of CNN's Fear & Greed Index from late September. If you're unfamiliar …
Supercell removes loot boxes from Brawl Stars
Supercell is removing all loot boxes from Brawl Stars. In a video announcing the change, the mobile company explained t…
GamesIndustry on Gaming
Unit sales are only one factor in the sequel equation
Decision-making over franchises can seem obscure, but there's usually solid logic behind such investment -- and sales are only part of the puzzle
"The deal that will change the industry forever": Analysts on Microsoft's Activision acquisition
Experts break down the biggest implications from the record-breaking $68.7 billion deal
GamesIndustry on Minecraft
Lessons from Minecraft Marketplace
To mark the platform's fifth anniversary, Microsoft's Aaron Buckley and Gamemode One's Sean Davidson tout a hands-on approach to monetized user-generated content
GamesIndustry on Nintendo
Can a Switch successor be third time lucky for Nintendo?
The question of what Nintendo does after Switch is increasingly important, but breaking the curse of unsuccessful console follow-ups is a major concern
Nintendo doesn't want to buy companies, but it may have to
Nintendo doesn't do mergers and acquisitions. But as the industry consolidates, it may need to protect what it's got
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Xbox: Cloud gaming is a "great alternative" to console, not a replacement
Samsung and Microsoft tell us how games streaming reached the needed inflection point as they partner on the Samsung Gaming Hub
Making subscription platforms work
Harbottle & Lewis' Kostya Lobov weighs up the factors developers should consider when trying to get their game included in a subscription service
Why doesn't GTA Online have more brand collaborations?
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick discusses the trouble of finding a good brand fit, properly setting expectations for the next GTA, and QA unionization
Streaming is the key to discovery
Sam Naji and Damian Abrahams explain why livestreaming is crucial for understanding gamers and how it translates to sales
E3 and the death of shock reveals
Publishers will need to go deeper to deliver the surprises
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