2016年电子游戏界
2016年有许多新电子游戏发行。不少知名系列都推出了新作,如:逆转裁判、戰地風雲、決勝時刻、文明、哥薩克、黑暗之魂、死亡復甦、駭客入侵、冤罪殺機、毀滅戰士、孤岛惊魂、FIFA、最終幻想、火焰之纹章、极限竞速、战争机器、鋼鐵雄心、刺客任務、家園戰線、萬艦齊發、星之卡比、黑手党、瑪利歐派對、银河霸主、銀河戰士、镜之边缘、女神異聞錄、植物大战僵尸:花园战争、精灵宝可梦、拉捷特與克拉克、暗影野兽、影子武士、刺猬索尼克、星際火狐、星海遊俠、快打旋風、泰坦天降、全面战争、神秘海域系列、看門狗、XCOM和极限脱出等。发售的新游戏品牌有《鬥陣特攻》、《量子裂痕》、《湯姆克蘭西:全境封鎖》、《最后的守护者》等,独立游戏有《Abzû》、《终极闪光 流浪者》、《Inside》、《无人深空》、《猫头鹰男孩》、《星露谷物语》、《见证者》等。
经济
据分析公司SuperData估计,电子游戏软件市场2016年收入910亿美元,超过了2015年估计值740亿美元;不过SuperData称它们今年估计的资料集较大。910亿美元中有410亿来自手机游戏,特别是《皇室战争》和《精灵宝可梦Go》等游戏。个人电脑游戏贡献了340亿美元,其中190亿为免费网络游戏;主机游戏零售和下载版的份额分别为260亿和66亿。该公司还认为,虚拟现实、职业电子竞技和流媒体市场仍然在发展[1]。
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