Christopher Dring
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Editor-In-Chief and Co-Founder of The Game Business
Joined February 2009
Nice move to get Helldivers 2 on Xbox. It’s not the biggest install base, and it can be a struggle if you’re not on Game Pass. But it’s a hyper relevant audience for an online shooter like Helldivers. Should give the game a nice little boost.
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RT @thegamebusiness: As a result of the tariff uncertainty, 40% of consumers plan to cut back spend. And out of that group, around 30% said….
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Maybe they should have installed some of that ABK leadership into the central organisation.
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The last ten years for Xbox has been defined by a persistent failure to deliver.
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RT @thegamebusiness: Xbox is cutting roles across Xbox, Zenimax and King. Projects have been cancelled, including Rare’s Everwild. Xbox sai….
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RT @thegamebusiness: “We have some solid business lines that are less risky. Sonic… you can count on a solid return. But some other IPs… we….
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Loved visiting Sega in California and chatting through their business.
This week on The Game Business Show, we spoke to Sega president Shuji Utsumi on a resurgent Japan, the state of console gaming, the risks of nostalgia and his goal of revitalising Sega. Watch, listen or read through the link.
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RT @thegamebusiness: “I want us to raise our ambitions in terms of the quality, and the innovation. And not simply being part of the race t….
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Every. Single. Time.
When an Xbox game didn't do well in physical UK Charts, did he say, it's different eras or it's a far more digital market today?
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Death Stranding 2 was No.1 in the UK physical charts last week. Its launch sales were -66% lower than Death Stranding 1. but different eras. It's a far more digital market today. It's 33% lower than Astro Bot's launch, but that was also a physical heavy release, too.
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It’s also a bit… bitey.
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RT @thegamebusiness: This week on The Game Business Newsletter and Show, we look at the latest market data and speak to Ukie chief Nick Poo….
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Splitgate 2, the free-to-play shooter, is on about 4.9 million players. Slightly below what Delta Force managed in December last year.
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Some real game hits in June, with Mario Kart World, Peak, Rematch + Dune Awakening doing big numbers. But MindsEye only managed 250,000 units (150k of which was on PlayStation). FBC Firebreak does have 1.4m players, but the majority of that is PS Plus/Game Pass. (Ampere data).
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I had a chat this week with Ukie's Nick Poole and Video Games Industry Memo's George Osborn following news of extra support for the UK games industry from Government. Plus, we chat June player numbers and sales figures.
"I've heard a lot in the industry recently about how I want to build a studio and create great games, but keep it at this level… let's believe in growth again. Let's aspire to growing these studios.”
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RT @thegamebusiness: “I was the executive producer on [2012’s] Hitman Absolution, and I swore never to do more new toilets. We were just do….
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RT @thegamebusiness: “Without hurting anyone's feelings, the cloud solution on Switch wasn't as successful as Nintendo had expected”. https….
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I've become fascinated by the IO Interactive story, it's been remarkable in many ways. We discuss Bond, Hitman, the state of the games industry and building sustainable video games. Check it out.
“Hitman 2016… let's say it was a $100 million game. Hitman 2 was maybe $60 million. Hitman 3 was $20 million. And Hitman 3 was the highest Metacritic.”.
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Every day for the past week when I pick my eldest up from school, he has asked if the new Donkey Kong game is out yet.
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RT @thegamebusiness: CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 was the best-selling third-party game during the launch of Switch 2, beating launch sales….
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