OTGLY - 2024 Gaming Report: Challenges Top Stock Picks How GTA VI Will Shape Next Year's LineUp | Benzinga
Stifel Financial Corp. provided a detailed overview of the 2024 slate for console and PC video games and its potential impact on the broader gaming industry.
One of the pivotal observations highlighted in the financial firm's latest report is the comparative assessment between 2024's and 2023's gaming lineups.
The upcoming slate for 2024 appears weaker in comparison to the remarkable array of new game releases witnessed in 2023, the analysts asset.
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This comparative analysis underscores the potential challenge in surpassing or even replicating the sales performance of the previous year, signaling a shift towards the monetization of existing franchises.
"While '24 will be the fourth full year of this console cycle which typically features a higher title count vs. the first few years, when it's all said and done, we think '23 could go down as one of the best years for new games, particularly the number of "mega hits" the slate produced, including Hogwarts Legacy, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2, among others, which creates a difficult ...