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Opinion

Xbox revenues slide as 2022’s sparse release schedule bites | Opinion

With several major titles pushed to 2023 and Microsoft’s first-party investments yet to bear fruit, it's a weak year for new games – but that also creates opportunities

July 29, 2022 Rob Fahey

Opinion

Third-party NFTs in games are the latest unethical twist from Web3 | Opinion

Mojang joins many other firms in swearing off NFTs -- but more worryingly, it finds itself forced to police third-parties building NFT services on top of Minecraft

July 22, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Will the EU's new law change the digital landscape? | Opinion

As the Digital Markets Act passes the European Parliament, legislation has caught up with many of the demands made by critics of Apple and Google's platform dominance

July 8, 2022 Rob Fahey

Opinion

In praise of the second screen | Opinion

Gaming sessions are now routinely accompanied by the glow of a smart device to check hints and strategies online -- and many games are designed with this content ecosystem in mind

July 1, 2022 Rob Fahey

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The coming recession will hit the industry hard | Opinion

It's a long time since the games business was called 'recession-proof' - and recent changes could have made it more vulnerable to economic downturns than ever before

June 24, 2022 Rob Fahey

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New PS Plus heralds the battle of the streaming services | Opinion

Sony is still playing catch-up with its Game Pass competitor -- but no streaming service has yet hit the magic formula that will appeal to a wide swathe of consumers, so it's all to play for

June 17, 2022 Rob Fahey

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The idea of regularly-updated console hardware seems dead in the water | Opinion

This generation was meant to see consoles become an evolving platform with regular upgrades akin to smartphones - has the idea been quietly abandoned?

June 10, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Feature

Launching GamesIndustry.biz: 20 years ago

We're celebrating a milestone today as founding editor Rob Fahey reflects on what inspired the site's creation and what keeps it going

June 10, 2022 Rob Fahey

Opinion

Loot boxes have mostly avoided the hammer of legislation - for now | Opinion

The launch of Diablo Immortal highlights how the momentum has gone out of legislative efforts against loot boxes, but it's far too early to get complacent.

June 3, 2022 Rob Fahey

Opinion

Is there an end in sight for the industry's merger mania? | Opinion

Enormously expensive acquisitions of industry giants have become commonplace in recent years -- but economic factors may be about to stamp on the brakes.

May 27, 2022 Rob Fahey

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There's no hiding from the culture wars | Opinion

Sony and Disney's instincts to stay silent on culture war issues are understandable -- but among an array of bad and costly options, silence may actually be the worst of them all

May 20, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Can a Switch successor be third time lucky for Nintendo? | Opinion

The question of what Nintendo does after Switch is increasingly important, but breaking the curse of unsuccessful console follow-ups is a major concern

May 13, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Unionisation pushes reveal the industry's inequalities | Opinion

The pandemic has lit a spark under unionising drives across the industry -- but years of labour casualisation and abuse of sub-contracting relationships built up the tinder pile

April 29, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Metaverse concepts should distance themselves from NFTs | Opinion

For all the unrealistic hype, metaverses are a useful way of thinking about the future of digital services - but being increasingly entangled with NFTs risks sinking with them

April 22, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Subscriptions are the future - but nobody agrees on the details | Opinion

Industry consensus over the growing importance of this model disguises deep disagreements over how it will actually work

April 15, 2022 Rob Fahey

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The 20-year nostalgia window | Opinion

With 2001's Max Payne the latest classic title to be slated for a full AAA budget remake, are the economics of the industry's remake boom starting to look precarious?

April 8, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Sony's new service offerings change the PlayStation landscape | Opinion

PS Plus' new tiers reflect Sony's discomfort with subscriptions cannibalising game sales - but this industry shift now feels inevitable

April 1, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Nintendo retreats to arm's length engagement with mobile | Opinion

The shutdown of Nintendo's only original mobile IP, Dragalia Lost, marks a further retreat from the firm's mobile ambitions - with IP licensing being the most likely way forward

March 25, 2022 Rob Fahey

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Generation Overlap: The next-gen consoles learn to cohabit | Opinion

Supply and demand issues, coupled with some strategic moves from Microsoft and Nintendo, mean that PS4-era performance will be the industry's baseline for years

March 18, 2022 Rob Fahey