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85% of Rocket League players do NOT count electronic music as a favourite music genre – own goal or opportunity?

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Rhys Elliott
Key takeaways from this blog: Only 15% of Rocket League players list EDM as a top genre, per MIDiA data, despite its dominance in the game Players are twice as likely than average to prefer EDM, often due to in-game exposure (per MIDiA interviews) Psyonix should diversify its soundtrack, as explored in MIDiA’s ‘Pixels to Playlists’ report, to boost engagement and match broader player tastes Anybody who has played Psyonix’s Rocket League knows that the game is almost synonymous with electronic music.
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What Epic Games’ Acquisition Strategy Tells Us About the Company’s Long-Term Plans

Karol Severin
Epic Games has announced it is acquiring Psyonix, the creator of Rocket League. As we’ve reported in the past, the coming games streaming revolution, which is already shifting market dynamics to a much more device/platform-agnostic paradigm, will see a small set of large publishers make their own attempts at building entertainment ecosystems and potentially subscription services.
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