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Global Game Industry Trend, March-April 2026 (No. 76) (KOCCA)

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ReportKOCCAApril 2026111 pages167 min readOriginal source
Key number
21,553 games
Steam releases in 2025 p.9

Summary

  • Of 19,112 sampled 2025 Steam releases, 9,327 had fewer than 10 reviews and 2,229 had none.p.10
  • In the GDC survey, 52% said generative AI has a negative impact on the games industry, up from 30% in 2025 and 18% in 2024.p.12
  • Epic Games announced about 1,000 layoffs, 17% of its workforce.p.20

Key insights

  1. Global DRAM and NAND prices rose more than 40% year over year since the second half of 2025, raising console costs.p.20
  2. Sony removed over 1,196 titles from the single publisher ThiGames from the PlayStation Store in January 2026.p.13
  3. Saudi EGDC bought an additional 5.03% of Capcom to reach about 10%.p.21
  4. Epic Games had already cut about 16% (870) of its workforce in 2023.p.20
  5. Platform and hardware cost pressures are converging with live-service model limits.p.20

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GlobalCapcomEpic GamesSonySteamValve

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