GIES | W06 | 2025

Games Industry Executive Summary | February 7th, 2025

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Highlights

• Chinese publishers set a new record! Six games dominate the TOP10 Steam best-selling list

• The Console Wars Are Over And Nobody Really Won

News

• Mystery Creator sells Roblox’s ‘Brookhaven RP’ Video Game

• EA has confirmed a planned release window for its new Battlefield game | EA Announces Battlefield Labs Test Environment Ahead of Next Installment

• Nintendo posts profit miss as it slashes Switch forecast again ahead of console’s successor | Nintendo Says It Will Support Switch 1 If There's A Demand

• Video Game History Foundation Digital Library is Now Available in Early Access

Trends

• Clash of Handhelds: Portable Gaming: A Market on the Move

• The Big Game Engines Report of 2025

• 'I Could Make "Fart Fart Boobie Fart: The Game" and Maybe It Would Eventually Get Taken Down' - Devs Reveal Why the Consoles Are Drowning in 'Eslop'

• Sonic 3 beats Detective Pikachu to become the all-time second-highest grossing video game movie

• Sumo Group announces strategic shift, layoffs expected to follow

• The Sleeping Dogs Movie is in Development and We’re Hearing Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu Is Set to Play Wei Shen

Rumors

• No Rumors!

Numbers

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II sales top one million in 24 hours

• Konami revises forecasts as profits increase 38% to $560m

• Black Myth: Wukong tops 25 million copies sold as its merchandise sales skyrocket in China

• Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO sales top five million

• 1 Million People Have Now Played Batman: Arkham Shadow

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