u/Striking_Permit_4746

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sources:

https://blog.son-video.com/2025/10/lessentiel-du-jeu-video-2025-tous-les-chiffres-de-lindustrie-du-gaming-en-france/

https://afjv.link/file_server/afjv_download/2025/250326_essentiel_jeu_video_sell.pdf

https://www.blogdumoderateur.com/jeu-video-france-profils-joueurs-usages-2024

https://new-game-plus.fr/rapport-sell-2022/

This figure come from SELL (Syndicat des Éditeurs de Logiciels de Loisirs), a French trade association representing the video game industry, it represents major video game publishers, operating in France and publishes an annual market reports which are widely regarded as the main reference for video game industry statistics in France, which is the 3rd european market behind the United Kingdom and Germany.

This chart, taken from their 2025 study, shows that 67% of gamers prefer to buy physical copies of their games; this figure rises to 80% among players who play “local” games—that is, all players of non-online multiplayer games (single-player, couch co-op games, etc.)—and to 72% among parents and millenials.

Other key figures from their studies conducted between 2022 and 2024:

- In 2024, physical games accounted for 40% of console video game sales revenue in France, compared to 60% for digital games

- Their 2022 study showed that 38% of video games were purchased in physical format, and that this figure was increasing year over year, while sales of digital video games had fallen by 13%

- Single-player video games are overwhelmingly purchased in physical format. For example, God of War Ragnarok, released in November 2022, sold 75% in physical format in France. This is true even for primarily multiplayer games such as FIFA 23 (61% of copies sold in physical format) or COD: Modern Warfare II (51%), or for games available on PC like Elden Ring (51%)

SELL also addresses the argument put forward by publishers that 80%—or even more—of video game sales are digital:

>In 2022, the digital segment accounted for 82% of the total market. However, upon closer inspection, this 82% includes not only the console ecosystem but also the PC and mobile ecosystems, where physical video games are nonexistent or virtually nonexistent. In that case, why include them in this chart, whose relevance we find questionable? In our view, this sends the wrong signal and exacerbates a trend by providing the “disc gravediggers” with deceptive ammunition.

George Broussard, co-founder of 3D-Realms and known for his work on Duke Nukem 3D and the legendary Duke Nukem Forever, posted this message on his Twitter account: https://xcancel.com/georgebsocial/status/2067290959218417717#m

>Getting word that layoffs at Zenimax has begun. Heard rumblings recently that the cuts may be much deeper than you expect. Buckle up!

I think it's reasonable to assume that he still has enough contacts in the industry to be aware of these kinds of things, especially with studios he was close to at the time, like ID Software.

I saw someone share this. I don't know how accurate it is, but these are interesting figures given the situation: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7472408267743404032/

>South of Midnight development/marketing budget: over $100m
South of Midnight sales: 500,000(?)

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>The Outer Worlds 2 development/marketing budget: $100m
The Outer Worlds 2 sales: 1 million

Sylvain Trinel, journalist at BFMTV, one of France’s largest news channels (the French equivalent of CNN), responded to Mike Straw's claim regarding Arkane being "at risk'" of closure by stating the following: https://xcancel.com/SylvainTrinel/status/2066607244951658666#m

>I’m not a famous American insider, but I can confirm this: the closure of Arkane Studio isn’t “a potential risk”, it’s a reality much closer than you might think.

Source: https://xcancel.com/ChrisAvellone/status/2066269985886847232#m

I think this might suggest that Obsidian could be hit given the description and the fact that Avellone often shares insider information about them, claiming he still has friends there

Yesterday, Guillaume Broche, director of Expedition 33, made an appearance at a famous French speedrun event called SpeeDons. The thing is that this decision sparked outrage within the French gaming community, as the event’s two hosts were MisterMV, an avowed communist who has called for voting for far-left (almost pro-Islamist) candidates, labeled nationalists as Nazis, and defended the murder of a patriotic activist by far-left rioters, and ZeratoR, who recently kicked several very famous streamers out of his own speedrun event due to their right-wing views.

This comes against the backdrop of a strong bond forged between Sandfall Interactive and the French streaming community, which has been heavily infected by the woke virus, with a long list of collaborations since the game’s launch that I want to share with non-french people so they can understand who are really Sandfall.

Another example: Sandfall organized the very first Expedition 33 concert during another Zerator event: Zevent, the largest streaming event in France, a charity event aimed at raising money for organizations such as (brace yourselves) Amnesty International or those providing “aid” to Palestine (some of which have ties to Hamas), with some participants being religious muslim as AmineMaTue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZEvent

In more of that, Sandfall employees are big fans of these streamers and has included numerous references to them in the game. However, some of these references came from streamers like Antoine Daniel and Ponce, both of whom are far-left, one of whom openly makes anti-white and anti-police remarks, and the studio still decided to include them in the game despite the controversy

For that americans can understand, this would literally be like them constantly collaborating and making appearances with Hasan, Destiny, or Pokimane (Hassan and Pokimane which are close friends with all of these people; Pokimane has even participated in several of their events)

I’ll say this: if Sandfall were non-french, their reputation would have been destroyed long ago, and this is just the tip of the iceberg; the ties between these left-wing streaming circles and Sandfall grow deeper the closer you look, and more and more repugnant... but thanks to them, language barriers protect them (and french right-wing personnalities don't really dare to speak out against it because they don't want to create trouble for one of the few French success story)