2016年电子游戏界

各年電子遊戲界

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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流媒体市场仍然在发展[1]

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新硬體

2016年有如下遊戲硬體推出,時間採用全球最早發行時間:

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