It's sad, but I play more games in my iPhone than my old PC. I need to
play more PC games. :(


Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Ignoring the fact that, technically, the year isn't over yet, gamesindustry.biz has compiled its yearly infographic on the
performance of the video-game industry.*

Some take-aways:

- Mobile games absolutely dominates the industry, taking
in more than twice as much as consoles and PC combined.
Tencent reaps most of these benefits (almost 10% all to
itself); Activision/Blizzard (now Microsoft) comes in
third. The US still tops the charts for most spending on
mobile (China is second place). Unfortunately, there's
no breakdown on how much of that money comes from game
sales vs. DLC/cosmetics vs. MTX anti-grind features

- In mobile vs. console vs. PC, PC gaming comes in third...
except of course consoles themselves are divided between
different platforms. On these traditional (e.g., non mobile)
gaming platforms, PC is the best-selling format. Yay!

- Consoles still bring in about 16% of their income from
boxed sales (PCs are down to 1%, and even that is surprising.
I haven't seen a boxed PC game in a dog's age. Even the
bargain bins are empty). Digital sales are now far-and-
beyond the dominant form of game acquisition.

- Despite barely getting /any/ coverage on media (and only
fifth most mentioned game on Tiktok), the EA Sports games
remain the best-selling games in US and UK (not Japan,
though. Virtual Sportsball doesn't even break the top-
ten there).

- Fornite is the most covered game by media; Roblox is the
toppest of the top-10 game on TikTok. Elden Ring takes
spot #10 on TikTok, btw. That makes me feel old.

- I don't know /any/ of the names on the top-10 video
game influencers on YouTube list. I am not upset by this
fact. But for those who care, "Lana's Life" was the top
influencer this year, with 1 billion views of their
626 videos covering a measly six games. That's over
100 videos per game; geez!

* see it here yourself https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamesindustrybiz-presents-the-year-in-numbers-2024

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Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> writes:

- Mobile games absolutely dominates the industry, taking
in more than twice as much as consoles and PC combined.

What do people actually play on their phones? Is it all casual? I do
some crosswords on my phone these days but that's pretty much it.

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Anssi Saari <[email protected]> wrote at 22:08 this Friday (GMT):

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> writes:

- Mobile games absolutely dominates the industry, taking
in more than twice as much as consoles and PC combined.

What do people actually play on their phones? Is it all casual? I do
some crosswords on my phone these days but that's pretty much it.

Well, I'm sure a lot of people are going to be playing Balatro, now that
it's on mobile. That game is so damn addicting.
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On 2024-12-20, Anssi Saari <[email protected]> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> writes:

- Mobile games absolutely dominates the industry, taking
in more than twice as much as consoles and PC combined.

What do people actually play on their phones? Is it all casual? I do
some crosswords on my phone these days but that's pretty much it.

I would try a PC like game on mobile, something with more depth than
casual games. Currently I only play chess and cut-the-rope on mobile.
Any recommendations?


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On 12/21/2024 12:00 AM, Geeknix wrote:

On 2024-12-20, Anssi Saari <[email protected]> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> writes:

- Mobile games absolutely dominates the industry, taking
in more than twice as much as consoles and PC combined.

What do people actually play on their phones? Is it all casual? I do
some crosswords on my phone these days but that's pretty much it.

I would try a PC like game on mobile, something with more depth than
casual games. Currently I only play chess and cut-the-rope on mobile.
Any recommendations?

I recommend not cutting the rope you are hanging from.

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candycanearter07 <[email protected]>
writes:

Well, I'm sure a lot of people are going to be playing Balatro, now that
it's on mobile. That game is so damn addicting.

"Balatro is a 2024 poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed
by LocalThunk and published by Playstack." Is this it? Not a description
that sells it to me but maybe.

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On 1/7/2025 2:48 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:

candycanearter07 <[email protected]>
writes:

Well, I'm sure a lot of people are going to be playing Balatro, now that
it's on mobile. That game is so damn addicting.

"Balatro is a 2024 poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed
by LocalThunk and published by Playstack." Is this it? Not a description
that sells it to me but maybe.

"Poker-themed roguelike deck-building game".

...

Dafuq?

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Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote at 15:31 this Tuesday (GMT):

On 1/7/2025 2:48 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:

candycanearter07 <[email protected]>
writes:

Well, I'm sure a lot of people are going to be playing Balatro, now that >>> it's on mobile. That game is so damn addicting.

"Balatro is a 2024 poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed
by LocalThunk and published by Playstack." Is this it? Not a description
that sells it to me but maybe.

"Poker-themed roguelike deck-building game".

...

Dafuq?

Yeah, and it's such a well designed game!!! Also the mods are really fun
tho it does get a bit ridiculous with ^^^xmult and stuff
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