Sparkers Blog

News Mash-Up - Week #22

Written by Sparkers | Thursday, 8 June 2023

      

Top News Items

    • Square Enix fiscal 2023 reported a decline of -6%, its digital entertainment division decreased by -12% and most significantly, its net income witnessed a decline of -30%.

    • The publisher revealed that it sold 22 million units in sell through.The Sega Group released an acceleration of +21% in revenue whereby operating income increased by +46% to reach $334million.
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    • CD Projeck Red stated that The Witcher 3 sold over 50 million units worldwide! Not to mention that the franchise as a whole surpassed 75 million copies sold. However, the enterprise’s Q1’23 profit declined by 20% in comparison to the previous year.
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    • Meta hosted its Quest Gaming Showcase in a one-hour video. A total of 18 games were highlighted which can be played on Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro VR headsets.
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    • The highlight of the announcement was the release of the Meta Quest 3 headset which will be valued at $500 and will be 40% thinner with better and ameliorated features. Therefore, Meta has stated that the price of the Quest 2 will decrease.


New games

Week commencing Monday 05 June 2023

Date Title Platform(s) Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
June 6 Amnesia: The Bunker  Win, PS4,  XBO, XSX Survival horror  Frictional Games Frictional Games
  Diablo IV Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX Action role-playing, hack and slash Blizzard Entertainment  Blizzard Entertainment 
  Loop8: Summer of Gods  Win, NS,  PS4, XBO Role-playing  Sieg Games Marvelous 
  Raiden III x Mikado Maniax  Win, NS,  PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX Shoot' em up Moss NIS America
  Loop8: Summer of Gods NS,PS4, XBO Role-playing Sieg Games Marvelous
 June 8 Bleak Sword DX  Win, NS  Action more8bit Devolver Digital 
  Harmony: The Fall of Reverie  Win, NS  Narrative Adventure  Dontnod Entertainment  Dontnod Entertainment 
  Pro Cycling Manager 2023 Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX Sports  Cyanide  Nacon
  Tour de France 2023 Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX Sports  Cyanide  Nacon
June 9 Raiden III x Mikado Maniax  Win, NS,  PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX Shoot' em up Moss NIS America