The Old Industry Weekly, (mostly) Monthly MCV
Looking back over 25 years of MCV history
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k, so the MCV flag is looking a bit frayed at the edges, admittedly, but perhaps that’s to be expected
after a quarter of a century fluttering atop the games industry mast. During that time, the games industry has changed almost beyond recognition. Just in terms of scale alone, gaming has gone from a $30 billion global industry in 1998 ($54 billion if you account for inflation), to $188 billion today. Digital game sales, which were practically non existent when MCV first rolled off the presses, now account for more than 90% when you factor in mobile game revenues - which also didn’t exist in 1998. Only 26% of UK households – not even individuals – had a mobile phone in 1998. We don’t have the number for how many were playing games on them, but it can’t have been many given that Snake wasn’t a feature of Nokia handsets until the year before. Yet in spite of all the monumental
changes in gaming over the years – and the equally sizable shifts to have affected print media – MCV has managed to stick
Issue 992 September 2023
The Market for Home Computer & Video Games
Time off for good Behaviour Interactive
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Still flying the flag! O
Welcome to the 25th anniversary issue of MCV
around to cover the majority of them. However, it is only thanks to the industry’s continued support through magazine ad- vertising and event sponsorship that MCV/ DEVELOP can continue to champion the efforts of the industry in return. This issue is dedicated to everyone that
has worked on MCV, whether in editorial, production, events or sales. Too many to mention here. On behalf of them all, thank you for reading and supporting MCV over the last 25 years. Enjoy the issue and let’s keep the ol’ flag flying.
REGULARS
4 We’re Playing… 6 IRL 12 Critical Path 24 Recruiter Hotseat 26 Levelling Up 27 Rising Star
28 Debugging D&I 40 The Art of… 46 When We Made… 52 Ins and Outs 58 Bluffer's Guide
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