10 Hottest Gaming Trends To Keep An Eye On
4. Mobile Versions Of Top-Tier IP
Sometimes people just want to play a game that is easy to access, simple to learn and has a more casual vibe to them, like Pokemon Go. And this is where mobile gaming comes into play in a big way.
Casual and hyper-casual gaming is extremely popular on mobile, but thanks to microtransactions, they are also very profitable.
Which of course means that many leading developers have made mobile versions of their franchises, like Call of Duty Mobile, Fortnite, League of Legends and Diablo Immortal. And this trend does not look to be slowing down any time soon, as EA and Square Enix announced that they have plans for future mobile games and Blizzard confirmed that they have multiple mobile versions of World of Warcraft in development.
Many gamers are worried that this could lead to developers including microtransactions in all of their games, or cancelling a beloved franchise simply because it does not make as much money as mobile games.
Hopefully this will not be the case, but with mobile gaming becoming worth just shy of $100 billion as of 2020, signs are that the mobile gaming market is not going anywhere anytime soon.