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SuperData’s Joost van Dreunen discusses his new partnership with UKIE
Read More »Who is supplying the console download data?
SuperData is the new official supplier of console download data for the UK games market. But how accurate is it? And can we expect it more frequently than just monthly? We ask CEO Joost van Dreunen Tell us a bit about SuperData. We’re a New York-based games research start-up that …
Read More »November charts: Call of Duty, Fallout and Battlefront cause blockbuster month for the UK games industry
November proved to be a major month for the UK games industry, driven by a trio of major launches – Call of Duty, Fallout and Star Wars Battlefront. Activision’s military shooter sold over 1m units in just over a week. The game is part of the Black Ops line of …
Read More »The charts are back – and this time they are digital
At last! The UK games industry has some digital download charts. UKIE has signed agreements with leading providers of mobile and digital sales data, and MCV will be printing the results. Analytics firm Reflection will offer UK mobile sales charts, which will be distributed by UKIE alongside the boxed charts …
Read More »Digital game revenue up in October as FIFA 16 pitches in – Superdata
Nearly all digital game segments experienced a year-over-year rise in revenue last month, Superdata reports. The analysis firm revealed digital sales were up 7 per cent for October compared to the same period last year, adding that the stretch brought in the highest monthly revenue of the year to this …
Read More »Analyst predicts 70m VR headset sales by the end of 2017
The jury remains out on the real market potential of virtual reality but analyst Superdata thinks it’s going to be a BIG hit. VG247 reports that the company has predicted that a whopping 70m VR headsets will have been purchased by the end of 2017. This represents around $8.8bn in …
Read More »Planning to dream: How to survive the indiepocalypse
SuperData’s Joost Van Dreunen on the indiepocalypse and planning your game’s development
Read More »FIFA 16 UK digital revenue hits £4.5m in September
EA’s smash hit FIFA 16 dominated the digital market just as much as the physical one, new figures from SuperData reveal. The console versions of the game were downloaded almost 85,000 times by the end of September, generating more than 4.5m. That revenue included microtransactions made via the game’s Ultimate …
Read More »When reality comes crashing into VR
With excitement high around VR, SuperData's Joost van Dreunen considers the next step
Read More »Keeping it real: How to follow Notch and PewDiePie’s example
SuperData’s Joost van Dreunen discusses creating authentic experiences in a digital world
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