46% of US PlayStation and Nintendo players ‘would consider Xbox Game Pass’ if it adds Activision titles
Research gauges interest in Xbox’s subscription service
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UK games industry reports record £7.16bn in 2021
Topping the previous record set in 2020 during the height of Covid-19 lockdowns
Subscription services reportedly account for 4% of North American and European game markets
Xbox Game Pass commands a 60% share of the subscription market
Xbox Live reportedly suffers more outages than PSN, but neither come close to Steam
Research finds gaming websites to be among the most prone to outages
Switch and Zelda: Skyward Sword topped the US sales charts in July
Nintendo’s console is also the best-selling system year-to-date
PS5 is estimated to have doubled Xbox Series X/S sales during Q1 2021
Research also suggests Nintendo Switch sold twice as many units as PS5
Despite its troubles, Cyberpunk 2077 reportedly had the biggest digital launch in history
Research firm estimates 10m copies were sold
Among Us is reportedly ‘the most popular game ever’ in terms of monthly players
Hidden identity game had roughly half a billion monthly active users in November
Video games can help improve young people’s literacy, research suggests
Study also finds games helped children’s mental wellbeing during lockdown
Animal Crossing ‘had the most monthly digital console game sales in history’
SuperData suggests New Horizons sold five million digital copies in March