Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
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#2If you count Candy Crush then sure
Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
#3If you count Candy Crush then sure
And you should.
“Casual” video gaming, a term that carries unfortunate dismissive undertones, represents the most common form of video games played. The proliferation of the smart phone has undoubtedly helped here.
Probably more so pre-pandemic. My observation when I lived in Chicago is that many people played these games while commuting via mass transit, I’m sure fewer are doing that now.
Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
#4If you count Candy Crush then sure
Why wouldn't you count Candy Crush? It seems like it would fall under any reasonable definition of video game.
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#5> Analysts point out that almost half of the accounted three billion are those who play only on smartphones or mobile devices. This segment is also ahead of all others in terms of growth.
This segment is incredibly lucrative for the winners. Niantic has an estimated revenue of 800 million dollars. Supercell's highest reported revenue was just over 2 billion euros. King sold to Activision Blizzard for 5.9 billion dollars in 2016. Epic is going to war with Google and Apple over Fornite money. There's Asian players that are also impressive, but I'm not familiar enough to speak on that market. These revenues and valuations are happening in a high growth market.
Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
#6If you count Candy Crush then sure
This is such a weird attitude. If someone was to say (figures made up) "over two billion people worldwide now drink beer" then "if you count Budweiser then sure", would be a bizarre response. Candy Crush is clearly a game; this isn't really ambiguous. It's a mass market game that game connoisseurs sneer at, sure, but it's a game.
Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
#7If you count Candy Crush then sure
I know the comment I'm about to make isn't very substantive, but oh man is "gamer" gatekeeping prevalent.
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#8Anything good on Linux these days?
Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
#9Anything good on Linux these days?
I'm playing Civ 6 pretty frequently. Cross-platform multiplayer as well!
Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports
#10> Analysts point out that almost half of the accounted three billion are those who play only on smartphones or mobile devices. This segment is also ahead of all others in terms of growth. This segment is incredibly lucrative for the winners. Niantic has an estimated revenue of 800 million dollars. Supercell's highest reported revenue was just over 2 billion euros. King sold to Activision Blizzard for 5.9 billion doll…
That'll be Tencent, smartphone gaming revenue over $5bn USD in Q2 alone
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