Capcom Resident Evil

Capcom Announces Resident Evil 4 Remake

Capcom announced that Resident Evil 4 will release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on March 24, 2023.  The series has cumulative shipments of 125 million units since launching in 1996. Analysis The original Resident Evil 4 launched in 2005, so this is a remake.  In DFC surveys of horror video game fans resident Evil and Konami’s Silent Hill come out as fan favorites despite dating back to the 1990s. DFC believes that many .....
Take-Two Zynga

Take-Two Completes Zynga Acquisition

Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced it has completed its acquisition of mobile game developer Zynga.  The deal was announced in January 2022 and valued Zynga at over $12 billion. Analysis Zynga was an original pioneer of social games on Facebook.  The 2011 Zynga IPO was highly hyped.  At the time, DFC Intelligence was a critic of the high valuation.  Howeve.....
Video Game Hardware Forecasts

DFC Lowers 2022 Video Game Console Forecast

As the first quarter of 2022 comes to an end video game console shortages remain a major issue. Sales potential for both hardware and software has been limited and will remain as an issue throughout the rest of the year. While market growth is still expected, DFC’s forecasts have been lowered in expectation of limited supply. The latest DFC Intelligence forecasts expect 4% growth in the video ga.....
Embracer Asmodee Acquistion

Embracer Acquires Board Game Company Asmodee

The Embracer Group has completed its $3 billion acquisition of board game company Asmodee.  Asmodee is expected to operate as an independent company. Analysis For the past few years, the Embracer Group has gone on an acquisition spree to become a leader in the video game market.  The acquisition of board game publisher/distributor Asmodee is not only Embr.....
PlayStation VR2

Opportunities Abound In Soaring Metaverse and Cloud Game Markets

Quantifying the market potential for emerging areas like the metaverse, MILEs, VR and AR is a crucial but difficult challenge. It becomes a question of strike too early and go bankrupt or ignore the opportunity and miss out entirely. The good news is that many of these areas have been pioneered and many benchmarks indicate that there truly is gold in the hills. In December DFC Intelligence published a report on Cloud Gaming an.....
Embracer Group Embraces a Transmedia Strategy

Embracer Group Embraces a Transmedia Strategy

So far in 2022 the story of the video game industry has been all about acquisition and consolidation. Both announced and potential deals raise many questions about the future competitive landscape as well what consumers and investor can expect. One company that is following an aggressive and interesting strategy is the Swedish based Embracer Group. Originally founded by Lars Wingefors as Nordic Games, the company specialized in distribution and publishing niche games in Europe that wer.....
sony transmedia

Can Transmedia Marketing Drive PlayStation Software Sales?

On Friday February 18, PlayStation is seeing two major releases focused on its software brands. Sony Pictures is releasing the big budget action movie Uncharted based on the video game series. Horizon Forbidden West is the much-anticipated sequel to one of PlayStation 4’s best ever titles. These two products are a huge opportunity for PlayStation to promote its exc.....

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