Interestingly, the report seems to align with Steam’s annual review, which revealed that players spent just 15% of their total playtime on brand-new games released in 2024, while 47% of their time was spent on games launched in the past one to seven years, and the remaining 37% on games released eight years ago or earlier.
It also appears to correlate with the overall decline in the quality of AAA games in 2024 – a year when big-name studios “delighted” their audiences with titles like Skull and Bones, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Star Wars Outlaws, XDefiant, Starfield: Shattered Space, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and Concord – which led to a subsequent lack of interest from gamers in those titles.
So, what are your thoughts on Newzoo’s latest findings? What games do you spend most of your time on? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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