Research company SuperData published a fresh report on the digital games market for September this year. From it you can glean a lot of interesting information about the most popular projects, broken down by category.
If you believe the data presented, then Marvel’s avengers from Crystal Dynamics Studios and Square Enix Publishing House was more than successful last month. In digital terms, the game managed to sell 2.2 million copies, which is about the same as an action-adventure movie Marvel’s Spider-Man during September 2018. Of course, do not forget that Insomniac’s superhero game about Spider-Man was exclusive to the PlayStation 4 platform, and The Avengers was a multi-platform project. SuperData adds that this debut was the second largest (after Final fantasy vii remake) Digital launch in the history of publisher Square Enix.
Despite the fact that the number of active players Marvel’s avengers dropped noticeably In the last couple of weeks, Crystal Dynamics definitely has a potential user base interested in the new content and fans. Read about the future of the project here…
One way or another, in terms of the number of money earned on consoles in September, the game about the Avengers team was ahead of the basketball simulator. NBA 2K21 (1.9 million copies) and remake Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 (2.8 million copies). The new project Activision Blizzard proved to be significantly more successful than the publisher’s past remakes about Crash and Spyro.
Among PC projects, the MOBA game brought the most money to creators in September League of legends… In addition to her, the top three were Dungeon Fighter Online and Crossfire. A colorful platformer about falling gummies Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, which was in the lead in August, this time did not make it into the top ten most profitable PC platform projects. Good figures were shown by the global strategy Crusader kings iii by Paradox Interactive. It sold 1.1 million copies in its debut month, according to SuperData, which allowed it to outperform Total war: three kingdoms from SEGA and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI from 2K.
Multiplayer Battle Royale has become the most profitable game on mobile Garena free fireahead of Pokemon GO and Honor of Kings. According to analysts, the mobile version of the recently very popular Among Us at its peak has already attracted almost as many players as Pokémon GO in August 2016. But she did not even make it to the TOP-40. The fact is that the project has a very loyal monetization system, limited to only a few cosmetic items and the ability to disable ads.
Total revenue from digital games in September was $ 10.6 billion. According to the analyst company, this is 14% more than last year.
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