The American Entertainment Software Association decided to find out what motivates people to play video games. To do this, she, in cooperation with gaming associations from other regions, interviewed 12.8 thousand gamers from 12 countries.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced that it has not canceled plans for E3 in 2024. But the exhibition will not take place on the territory of the Los Angeles Convention Center — the traditional E3 venue.

The US Video Game Manufacturers Association (Entertainment Software Association) has published an annual Essential Facts study dedicated to the American gaming audience. We share the figures from it.

In 2021, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), due to the COVID-19 pandemic, held an E3 gaming exhibition in an online format. As the IGN portal found out, at least $6 million was spent on organizing the event.

The Los Angeles Department of Tourism in the latest report announced the cancellation of E3 in 2024 and 2025. Recall that in 2022, he wrote that the organizers from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) had booked a site for a gaming exhibition for three years ahead.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced that the E3 exhibition will not take place in 2023.

What impact does the gaming industry have on the US economy? The Association of Software and Games Manufacturers (ESA) told about this in its new report. Last year alone, the direct contribution of this sector to the American economy exceeded $40 billion.General data

Almost two—thirds of the population of the United States are gamers. And most of them are adults who are 35 to 44 years old. Such data was shared by the Association of Software and Game Manufacturers (ESA) in a recent report on the audience of video games in America.

E3 may not take place this year. As stated by a number of media outlets, including Bloomberg, the organizer of the ESA event is going to announce its cancellation.

E3 in its current form is uncomfortable and uninteresting to the audience, according to Geoff Keighley, founder of The Game Awards. He was one of the organizers of the exhibition, but decided to ignore it for the first time in 25 years.

In 2019, the American gaming market totaled $35.4 billion. This includes revenue from the titles themselves (including mobile) and in-game content.

PlayStation will ignore E3 this year. The console manufacturer noted that the format of the event does not fit into its promotion strategy.

Epic Games, following several publishers, confirmed its desire to make loot boxes transparent mechanics. In all new games of the company, the percentage of randomness in loot boxes will be indicated.

In new games for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, the chance of items falling out of loot boxes will always be indicated. Console games that violate this rule will simply not be published.

The reason for mass shootings is again being sought in video games. This time, US President Donald Trump saw a connection between the games and two terrorist acts in the country. After that, the shares of the largest game publishers sank sharply.

The mechanics of loot boxes cannot be recognized as a form of gambling, and their legal prohibitions limit the possibilities of the game industry to test new business models, said Mike Gallagher, president of the American Association of Software and Games Manufacturers.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has included “gaming disorder” in the draft of the new edition of the international classifier of diseases. It will be released this year.