2023-11-03 05:00:41
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From November 1 to 5, the French capital hosts Paris Games Week, the largest French video game show. At the end of the month, the African Electronics and Video Games Festival will be held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The opportunity to take the pulse of a sector which apparently displays insolent financial health but which, at the same time, is increasing the number of layoffs.
In some ways, this year is one of the best – some even dare to say “the” best – in the history of video games. The 2023 vintage is indeed exceptional: this year released Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, Diablo 4, Starfield, Spiderman 2 (which as its name does not indicate is the third episode of the series), Super Mario Wonder, Assassin’s Creed Mirage…
Many have been critically acclaimed but all, without exception, have sold more than a million copies, sometimes in just a few days (or hours). To this must be added the successful franchises of which a new episode is released every year: EA Sports FC 24 (which succeeds the FIFA series) and the latest Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3, expected on November 10. A license for 450 million copies sold passed since October 13 into the fold of Xbox following the largest acquisition in the history of the sector was definitively validated: Microsoft swallowed Activision Blizzard for 69 billion dollars. One last figure: in total, the video game industry is worth more than 215 billion dollars, twice as much as the cinema and even eight times more than the music industry.
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