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The games market will grow by 4.6% in 2025 – in line with the global inflation rate

Rhys Elliott

31 Jan 2025

Business Strategy

Fandom

Games

We just published our flagship games report MIDiA Research’s Global Games Forecasts 2025–2031 and its accompanying dataset. What you need to know: The games market is mature , so double-digit growth...

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Will PlayStation Tournaments deliver on Sony’s hopes?

Perry Gresham

9 Dec 2022

PlayStation

competitive gaming

multiplayer

PlayStation recently announced “ PlayStation Tournaments ”, a new on-console tournaments platform designed to centralise events. Participants can enter a range of tournaments and win prizes based on...

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Games report bundle offer – the less you can afford research, the more you probably need it

Karol Severin

2 Dec 2022

gamer insight

games strategy

games production

Part of the festive period is about reflection and new aspirations. I, for one, am eternally grateful that MIDiA works with some of the most successful companies in entertainment. I love that we get to...

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Quick Take: Regulation and war are leading the global games industry's trajectory to diverge

Karol Severin

11 Mar 2022

regulation

Russia

China

Over the last few years, the traditional unit sales-based model in games has been increasingly moving towards engagement-led models. In other words, we are moving away from costly price points to buy complete...

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The key winners and losers of the Covid-bounce effect in games

Karol Severin

14 Oct 2021

games engagement

Fortnite

Roblox

As we have covered before, games engagement began to experience effects of the Covid-bounce . As usual, however, there are winners and losers within the wider micro-dynamics. The following graph demonstrates...

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Roblox, piracy and the future of music in UGC 2.0

Kriss Thakrar

19 Mar 2021

user-generated content

music piracy

Roblox

A community of Roblox users are losing a battle against moderation as the platform cracks down on music piracy, due to the platform’s newly public status bringing with it a new level of responsibility....

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Why Games Could Benefit from Coronavirus

Karol Severin

17 Mar 2020

corona virus

coronavirus

Covid-19

Yes, it’s another coronavirus-related one, but this time hopefully a more cheerful story than what we’ve been reading and hearing over the last few weeks – at least for gamers and the games industry....

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Why Revenue Growth Alone Is Not Enough For The Games Industry

Karol Severin

4 Jan 2019

Games

games engagement

games revenue

UK games revenues rose to $4.9 billion in 2018, surpassing music and video revenues combined. It is an impressive milestone, but it doesn't mean the best is yet to come. Revenues are what keep the lights...

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