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Analysis, data and insight about how people find & buy video games in the 2020s.
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What do s&box’s issues (so far) tell us about launching platforms in 2026? (opens the original)
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[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]Hey folks: breaking news we’ll cover more on Friday, but Steam is moving away from ‘viewable by everyone’<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/
What are Steam Deck’s biggest 2026 hits - and top genres? (opens the original)
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[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]End of week, almost time to clock off, so we move forward. And today’s lead story looks at Valve’s good ‘ol Steam Deck, as we take another look at the games that work best on it, a year after our first attempt…Before we start, yes that’s comedian John Mulaney playing EA founder Trip Hawkins i
BeamNG.drive - the biggest driving game hit nobody analyzes? (opens the original)
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[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]We’re back, and before we start, yes, the next part of the Xbox re-org just hit, with more layoffs (250+) at Halo Studios & across Xbox, and Activision now running Rare & a new Halo title that’s more CoD tech-adjacent. Bethesda’s now in charge of Obsidian, a
The one ‘game discovery by player age’ chart you need to see (opens the original)
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[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]We’re hot to trot, and hitting the weekend by getting back to what we do best: firing PC/console video game data at ya in variegated shapes and sizes until you beg for mercy. Our lead story today (start begging now!) uses our Steam Fan Snapshot panel to look at discovery in a useful new way…B
Is the game biz sustainable for the average indie dev? (opens the original)
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[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]We’re back, and thinking carefully about a more existential question in today’s main newsletter story. (Do we want to do this? Not really. Should we do it so that everyone is on the same page, for better or worse? Probably!)Before we start, you know YouTuber Any Austin from videos like ‘<a hr
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