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Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC Twice as Popular as on Consoles

Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC Twice as Popular as on Consoles

Thanks to SuperData's January report, we've learned that twice as many people played Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online on PC as on consoles last month.

video games

Adrian Werner

February 24, 2021

Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC Twice as Popular as on Consoles
WoW and Call of Duty: Cold War Dominate November

WoW and Call of Duty: Cold War Dominate November

The beat-earning games of November were World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War. Activision can open some champagne.

video games

Paul Musiolik

December 19, 2020

WoW and Call of Duty: Cold War Dominate November
Microtransactions are the Main Course in the Gaming Industry

Microtransactions are the Main Course in the Gaming Industry

The latest SuperData report has brought some interesting information. It turns out that almost 90% of revenues of the digital gaming market are generated by microtransactions.

video games

Adrian Werner

December 3, 2020

Microtransactions are the Main Course in the Gaming Industry

Fall Guys is the Biggest Digital PC Debut Since Overwatch

SuperData analytics group summarized the global digital distribution in August. The industry has had a very successful month, but the biggest winner was the debuting Fall Guys, which outclassed all competition on PC.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

September 23, 2020

Fall Guys is the Biggest Digital PC Debut Since Overwatch

Ghost of Tsushima Breaks Record Set by Horizon: Zero Dawn

Ghost of Tsushima has become the best digital debut of a new IP in the history of Sony. The game sells much faster than Horizon: Zero Dawn and Days Gone.

video games

Adrian Werner

August 25, 2020

Ghost of Tsushima Breaks Record Set by Horizon: Zero Dawn

We Don't Need E3 - Analysts on Success of Publishers' Conference

Analysts from SuperData and Fancensus analysed the popularity of this year's game presentations. The reports leave no doubt: the big E3 style fair is unnecessary - at least for big publishers.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

July 30, 2020

We Don't Need E3 - Analysts on Success of Publishers' Conference

Minecraft Dungeons Becomes May's Biggest Debut

Minecraft Dungeons proved to be the best digital debut of May. In addition, Epic Games Store's giveaways of GTA 5 and Civilization 6 were great successes, with both games recording not only a large increase in user numbers but also in revenue.

video games

Adrian Werner

June 23, 2020

Minecraft Dungeons Becomes May's Biggest Debut
Record April For Digital Distribution and GTA Online

Record April For Digital Distribution and GTA Online

Last month turned out to be a record month for microtransactions in Grand Theft Auto Online and for the entire digital market. We also learned the sales results of such games as Final Fantasy VII Remake, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered or Resident Evil 3 in electronic distribution.

video games

Adrian Werner

May 24, 2020

Record April For Digital Distribution and GTA Online

Call of Duty Beaten - New Digital Sales Record for Consoles

The SuperData analytics group published a report on global digital distribution in March. Last month turned out to be exceptionally good for the market, with great results of Doom Eternal, Half-Life: Alyx and Animal Crossing. The latter production broke the first month's digital sales record for console titles, set by Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

April 23, 2020

Call of Duty Beaten - New Digital Sales Record for Consoles

Epic Games on Fortnite's Revenue Drops: The Data is Inaccurate

Epic Games has criticized the SuperData group for reporting Fortnite's revenue. The company disputes the data provided by the analysts, even though it referred to them in the previous month.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

February 28, 2020

Epic Games on Fortnite's Revenue Drops: The Data is Inaccurate
Half-Life: Alyx Boosts Valve Index Sales

Half-Life: Alyx Boosts Valve Index Sales

That was to be expected - Half-Life: Alyx turned out to be a tremendous sales booster for the Valve Index VR goggles. However, due to the shortage of stock, at the end of last year, Oculus Quest recorded much higher sales. Everybody's happy with PlayStation VR.

hardware & software

Peter Doron

January 29, 2020

Half-Life: Alyx Boosts Valve Index Sales
Fortnite Earned $1.8 Billion in 2019

Fortnite Earned $1.8 Billion in 2019

SuperData summarized the results of the digital game market for 2019. The best earning free-to-play production was Fortnite, which generated $1.8 billion in revenue. League of Legends has brought $1.5 billion.

video games

Adrian Werner

January 3, 2020

Fortnite Earned $1.8 Billion in 2019

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order With Great Digital Sales

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has scored the best console launch in history of the Star Wars franchise for digital sales, achieving more than double the result of Star Wars: Battlefront II. Red Dead Redemption 2 turned out to be a disappointment before its release on Steam. Such information is given in the report for November 2019 by the SuperData analytics company.

video games

Konrad Serafinski

December 21, 2019

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order With Great Digital Sales

Fortnite Loses Steam; Revenues From Microtransactions in Decline

SuperData has published a report on in-game spending for this year. Fortnite remains among the best earners, but the champion (and several other titles) is doing worse than in previous years.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

November 7, 2019

Fortnite Loses Steam; Revenues From Microtransactions in Decline

Global Revenues From Digital Distribution; Pokemon GO With The Best Month Since Launch

The latest report of SuperData group brings information on global revenues generated by digital distribution in August, this year on all hardware platforms. The most successful mobile game was Pokemon GO, which had the most profitable month since its launch in 2016.

video games

Michael Kulakowski

September 22, 2019

Global Revenues From Digital Distribution; Pokemon GO With The Best Month Since Launch

Growth of Digital Games Distribution; Great Form of Rainbow Six Siege

The latest report of the SuperData group brings interesting info on digital distribution condition. It shows that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is still doing great despite being almost four years old and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled had a great start.

video games

Christian Pieniazek

July 24, 2019

Growth of Digital Games Distribution; Great Form of Rainbow Six Siege

Mortal Kombat 11 Scores Best Digital Debut in Series' History

Thanks to the SuperData report, we learned that Mortal Kombat 11 found 1.8 million buyers in digital distribution. This is over four times more than Mortal Kombat X.

video games

Adrian Werner

May 22, 2019

Mortal Kombat 11 Scores Best Digital Debut in Series' History

Apex Legends the Best Free-To-Play Debut in History

Thanks to SuperData company we learned the results of the digital video game market for the past month. Apex Legends made the best debut in the history of free-to-play games, and Anthem earned over $100 million.

video games

Adrian Werner

March 22, 2019

Apex Legends the Best Free-To-Play Debut in History

December SuperData – Fortnite high, Battlefield 5 low

SuperData Group has published a report summarizing the results of the digital games market for December last year. Fortnite: Battle Royale turned out to be the leader on consoles. Battlefield V is doing poorly.

video games

Adrian Werner

January 24, 2019

December SuperData – Fortnite high, Battlefield 5 low

Fortnite earned 2.4 billion dollars in 2018

SuperData Group has published a report summarizing the results of the digital gaming market for the past year. The leader was Fortnite, which generated 2.4 billion dollars of revenue.

video games

Adrian Werner

January 18, 2019

Fortnite earned 2.4 billion dollars in 2018