The most popular games from last year were over 7 years old, with Starfield being the only new franchise to break the top 10

[Windows Central]

Newzoo recently published it's annual PC and Console gaming data for 2023, and amongst the data it's clear gamers don't like change, opting to play older titles — with only Starfield breaking the mold for monthly active users.

The most popular games from last year were over 7 years old, with Starfield being the only new franchise to break the top 10 : Read more

 

[GraniteStateColin]

Curious if other "recent" new IPs before 2023 did as well as Starfield in their respective years. For example, Cyberpunk 2077 was entirely new. Was that as successful as Starfield across the same stages in its development lifespan?

 

[Tom Marsden]

Any reason you didn't include the top 10 list?

 

[fdruid]

You didn't post the list, but there were a lot of new successful new IPs in the last 5 years, for example Elden Ring and Palworld.

 

[Dush Ku]

The list on other sites. All sports, cod, f2p multi. For most engagement