Games Industry

Market Update: UEFN Monetization, Meta’s Vision, and the Future of Consoles

With the games industry in constant evolution, it’s important to occasionally pause and take stock of where things stand. Host Devin Becker is joined by Aaron Bush, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Naavik, for a wide-ranging check-in on market trends, strategic moves from platform holders and investors, and how the current landscape might evolve from here.  The conversation…

PlayStation

What’s Next for PlayStation?

In today’s issue, we look into Sony’s PlayStation division and how its record profits, driven by platform sales, compare to its less impressive revenue growth and its ambitious live-service game plan. And in our latest podcast episode, we explore Africa’s young gaming market. We also bring you this week’s top news items, as well as a curated list of Content Worth Consuming.

PlayStation Portal / Ubisoft Gets Microsoft’s Streaming Rights / NetEase Expansion

PlayStation Portal / Ubisoft Gets Microsoft’s Streaming Rights / NetEase Expansion

In this week’s Roundtable, the squad gives an update on Baldur’s Gate 3’s success metrics and Dark and Darker’s continuing renegade journey. We explore the seeming free fall of Free Fire through Sea Limited’s expansion struggles. We dig into cloud streaming, with an update on the PlayStation Portal and Microsoft handing streaming rights for Activision…