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SuperData is being shut down by parent company Nielsen Holdings after nearly 12 years of delivering video game-related market data to its online readers. The decision to shut down the data-reporting site is part of Nielsen’s plans to merge gaming services into Nielsen Sports. “We have decided to wind down SuperData business operations,” a Nielsen representative told The Esports Observer. [...]
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SuperData has just published their report on the highest grossing games for October 2020. According to the report, gamers spent $10.6 billion on digital games in October resulting in a 14% increase in game spending year-over-year. “Consistent with ongoing trends, console spending grew the fastest, with earnings up 18% over 2019. This was especially impressive growth given that Call of [...]
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Here we are again for your daily dose of game-related COVID-19 news. Google is offering Stadia Pro for free for the next two months to encourage people to stay at home and prevent the further spread of the virus. All you need is a Gmail to access the free games currently available on the game streaming service, including Destiny [...]
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The SuperData worldwide game revenue rankings for December 2019 is now up. Here’s where some of our favorite online games stand. League of Legends still owns the top spot on PC with Dungeon Fighter Online coming in 2nd and Crossfire in 3rd. World of Warcraft falls from the 5th spot to 8th this month as newcomer Red Dead Redemption 2 [...]
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2018 was a big year for the video games industry. In fact, video game data research site SuperData called 2018 “the biggest year for digital games and interactive entertainment. Ever.” in their recently published year-in-review report. According to SuperData, the gaming and interactive media industry grew by 13% last year. This is largely due to the rise of cross-platform gaming [...]
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SuperData Research released their November 2018 Worldwide Digital Games Market report this last week and League of Legends retook the #1 spot as the highest grossing PC game. Pokemon GO also overtook Honor of Kings (Arena of Valor in the West) as the #1 mobile game for November. Take a look at the data below: Superdata also released some other [...]
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The gaming intelligence firm SuperData, now owned by Nielsen, just released their worldwide digital games market report for the month of September 2018. Headline figures showed another month of remarkable growth, from $912 million last September to $1.24 billion in total digital gaming revenue this September. As in previous months, the majority of that growth comes from the growth of [...]
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SuperData has published their monthly Worldwide Digital Games Market Report for March 2018 and it has a few surprises. League of Legends, which has graced the #1 PC spot since the inception of these reports, has finally been dethroned. The venerable MOBA has fallen to #2, usurped by Dungeon Fighter Online. While this does not necessarily indicate a decline in [...]
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On October 25 SuperData, a gaming market intelligence group, released their monthly report on the state of the global digital games marketplace. September 2017 was another stellar month for digital gaming, with worldwide revenues growing 15% to reach $8.3 billion across console, mobile, and PC platforms. Highlights from the report include a 25% jump in console digital revenue, largely due [...]
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Another month, another report from our favorite video game intelligence group. SuperData's Worldwide Digital Games Market overview for March 2017 was released on April 27th. The report lists the top 10 highest grossing games on PC, Console, and Mobile platforms. As always, SuperData only reports on digital revenues, so hardware and physical box sales are not captured. Many of the [...]
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