GTA 6 Delay Weighs on Global Videogame Market Growth Data Shows
Reuters reveals with exclusivity a Newzoo forecast: After years of stagnation, the global video game market is predicted to resurrect in 2025, ushering fresh opportunities for growth.
All eyes were on the gaming industry for an explosive year. Whispers concerning the launch of Take-Two’s “GTA 6” and the entry of new giants into consoles used to form the basis for analysts thinking of growth never seen before-a gaming renaissance ready to erupt.
On a pause for the moment is the gamer’s paradise. Profit-making price surges against consoles, the heavy push of a title into next year, have just caused wallets to twitch and purchase plans to stay there in limbo.
Never mind a few pixels; it has become a billion-dollar arena. Global videogame space, although recently on a downward triangle, will reach up to $188.9 billion by 2025. This compared to an already shining 3.2% last year is a good 3.4% Power-Up-the inhibitory very interesting backdrop to this explosive growth.
Newzoo’s Michiel Buijsman explains the latest forecast: real changes in tech, the usual pulse of hardware release cycles, pricing in flux, more players, and a wave of cool new games being released.
Compounded annually, Newzoo expects the market to grow 3.3 percent till 2027, compared with its earlier forecast of 3.7 percent.
There will be crowds all going crazy for the release of the game! It is actually going to be 2026 when “GTA VI” becomes official with the hype train and commercial sales all exploding beforehand. Plus these aren’t just launch parties, but seriously big changes in the industry. Nevertheless, it is not a solo act for Rockstar. Dark rumors are suggesting that the year 2025 will be one of big-ticket titles willing to fight for your attention- and money-from Capcom’s “Resident Evil Requiem.”
The launch of GTA 6 on PC is also expected to carry growth through 2027, the report said.
Price hikes for Xbox and PlayStation are unsettling matters and portend a slowdown in console sale, as people across the globe tighten their purse strings. Meanwhile, the Switch 2 is blazing the trail by becoming Nintendo’s fastest-selling console ever, a complete contrast to the rest of the gaming environment.
It’s a late-night thought. The Xbox One is on… the fading highway, forecasted as an upward push for selling. But the fireworks shouldn’t… be expected. Rumors floating in the industry’s nebulaaloudly suggest that the PS5 might just bring home the results, but just barely miss the impressive figure of the PS4’s lifetime sales.”
Xbox’s handiwork, so to speak. Announced alongside ASUS, the fine American brand, the handheld console shall see daylight by the 2025 holidays, and what a fine time to grab it! Xbox gaming, unleashed.
© Thomson Reuters 2025
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