Consumer Technology Association CEO Gary Shapiro discusses 'Super' Tech Tuesday and CTA's 2020 holiday wish list.
Whether it’s buying new video games for the next generation of consoles or if it’s finding retro games on eBay or retro game stores, consumption is at an all-time high.
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The lockdowns as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are partly responsible. Nielsen data in April revealed that there was a 45% spike in video game consumption in April, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
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Oxford University researchers say a new study marks a rare example of collaboration between academics and the video game industry.
Lack of information from game makers has long been an issue for scientists hoping to better understand player behaviors.
The paper, released by the Oxford Internet Institute, is based on questions presented to people who played two video games. Those games were Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
That time Roger Ebert said games will never be as worthy as movies | Ars Technica
Roger Ebert, the famed movie critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and co-host of the syndicated TV show Ebert and Roper at the Movies has thrown down the gauntlet on his website by stating that video games will never be as artistically worthy as movies and literature. Ebert does not believe that this quality gap can ever be crossed, as he feels it is a fundamental limitation of the medium itself:
There is a structural reason for that: Video games by their nature require player choices, which is the opposite of the strategy of serious film and literature, which requires authorial control.
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Daily chart - Playing video games in lockdown can be good for mental health | Graphic detail |
40% of US gamers say they’ve been playing video games more during the COVID-19 pandemic |
With the anticipated releases of major new consoles and titles launching, 2020 was always meant be an important year within the gaming and esports industries; the COVID-19 pandemic has made it pivotal. US player numbers surged following the onset of the pandemic, suggesting that almost one in ten American adults played Minecraft in April over the previous month.
The research includes an analysis of global video games and esports landscape across 24 markets examining the market against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the arrival of next-gen consoles, the international esports scene and game streaming.
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November and December are by far the biggest months for video games sales, but this holiday season could be particularly big. There are at least two reasons why video games could be flying off the shelves at a record pace this Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
First, video game sales have gotten a big boost all year due to social distancing during the pandemic. More Americans are spending time at home, and those numbers could ramp up during the winter season as coronavirus cases reach new highs.
Your old video games could now be worth thousands - here's how much you could get | Wirral Globe
A video game has sold for well over $100,000 in the United States, the highest ever price at an auction.
News that will send gamers scrambling up into their loft searching for their old school games that could earn them a fortune.
A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros 3 for the NES was sold to an anonymous collector for a whopping $156,000 (£116,793) by Heritage Auctions, in Texas.
While the game was one of the most popular of its era, meaning it would have been mass-produced with many copies likely still around, the rare version that sold at auction had a very slight variation, making it a collector’s dream.
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