{"id":79356,"date":"2024-04-02T20:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/2023-data-shows-most-people-are-playing-older-games\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:22:51","slug":"2023-data-shows-most-people-are-playing-older-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/2023-data-shows-most-people-are-playing-older-games\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Data Shows Most People Are Playing Older Games"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A newly released game industry report by market researcher Newzoo shows that while the PC and console market grew 2.6 percent in 2023, overall playtime decreased as gamers spent more and more time in a smaller list of old games like Fortnite<\/em><\/a><\/span> <\/em>and League of Legends. <\/em><\/p>\n

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On April 2, Newzoo released its second annual game industry report<\/a><\/span>, including a ton of data and information on what people were playing and spending money on during 2023. According to Newzoo\u2019s data, the PC and console game market grew and reached $93.5 billion in revenue in 2023. That might seem like good news, but drilling down into the data, it becomes clear that it\u2019s only good news for a small number of publishers and developers.<\/p>\n

Newzoo\u2019s data shows that the top 10 games on each platform (ranked by their average number of monthly active users, or MAU) are filled with old, established titles. Fortnite <\/em>took the crown on all platforms, including Switch and PC. The rest of the lists included titles that won\u2019t surprise you, like Grand Theft Auto V, Counter-Strike 2, Roblox, Minecraft, Rocket League, Apex Legends<\/em>, Fall Guys, Valorant, <\/em>and Call of Duty.<\/em> Across Xbox and Playstation consoles, only one dedicated single-player game cracked the top ten: Starfield<\/em>.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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To further prove that gamers are primarily focused on older games, Newzoo\u2019s data shows that just 66 titles accounted for 80 percent of all playtime in 2023. And 60 percent of that playtime was spent in games that are six years old or older. In fact, in 2023, five old games\u2014Fortnite, Roblox, League of Legends, Minecraft, <\/em>and GTA V\u2014<\/em>accounted for 27% of all playtime in the year.<\/p>\n

It gets worse. Of the 23 percent of playtime spent in 2023 on new games\u2014defined as 2 years or younger\u2014more than half was spent in big annual sequels like the latest Madden<\/em> or NBA game. Only 8 percent of video game playtime was spent on new, non-annual titles like Diablo IV<\/em> or Baldur\u2019s Gate III<\/em><\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

While Newzoo\u2019s report does point out that you can still be successful in this environment, the reality is that gamers are spending less and less time in new games and more and more time in already-established franchises and live-service titles, making it harder for publishers and developers to find an audience. That\u2019s because unlike in the decades before, you aren\u2019t just competing with whatever hot new game is on the shelves, but instead are fighting giants like Fortnite <\/em>and Roblox<\/em>, completely free games with endless amounts of content created by their users.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be increasingly challenging to grow a game\u2019s playerbase,\u201d said Newzoo in the report, \u201cparticularly in our current landscape, where evergreen titles and robust content pipelines reign supreme.\u201d In other words, good luck if you aren\u2019t making a big sequel, remake, or annual entry in some popular series. <\/p>\n

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