2016年电子游戏界

2016年有许多新电子游戏发行。不少知名系列都推出了新作,如:逆转裁判战地使命召唤文明哥萨克黑暗之魂丧尸围城骇客入侵冤罪杀机毁灭战士孤岛惊魂FIFA最终幻想火焰之纹章极限竞速战争机器钢铁雄心刺客任务家园战线家园星之卡比黑手党马力欧派对银河霸主银河战士镜之边缘女神异闻录植物大战僵尸:花园战争精灵宝可梦瑞奇与叮当暗影野兽影子武士刺猬索尼克星际火狐星之海洋街头霸王泰坦天降全面战争神秘海域系列看门狗XCOM极限脱出等。发售的新游戏品牌有《守望先锋》、《量子破碎》、《汤姆克兰西:全境封锁》、《最后的守护者》等,独立游戏有《Abzû》、《终极闪光 流浪者》、《Inside》、《无人深空》、《猫头鹰男孩》、《星露谷物语》、《见证者》等。

各年电子游戏界

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据分析公司SuperData估计,电子游戏软件市场2016年收入910亿美元,超过了2015年估计值740亿美元;不过SuperData称它们今年估计的资料集较大。910亿美元中有410亿来自手机游戏,特别是《皇室战争》和《精灵宝可梦Go》等游戏。个人电脑游戏贡献了340亿美元,其中190亿为免费网络游戏;主机游戏零售和下载版的份额分别为260亿和66亿。该公司还认为,虚拟现实职业电子竞技流媒体市场仍然在发展[1]

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2016年有如下游戏硬件推出,时间采用全球最早发行时间:

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