This week the Anivision hosts have an in-depth discussion about the latest report from IGN’s Gamer Trends, they give their impressions on Donkey Kong Bananza, and they take a look back at the Rascal Dreams of Bunny Girl Senpai Movies.
IGN Launches Gamer Trends Platform (Games Industry.biz) (1:30)Reddit Breakdown by Megaapplepie93% of Gen Alpha prefer playing on mobile, according to IGN’s segmentation study. But preference for mobile is actually growing for Millennials, too, with 32% calling it their preferred device.Daily concurrent user numbers have grown in Roblox from 3.8 million in June 2022 to more than 25 million in June 2025.Over the same period, Fortnite has grown from 1.2 million to 1.77 million concurrents – with occasional blips, like when 15.3 million players logged on for the Marvel Galactus event.Millennials and Gen X tend to be loyal to platforms or genres – now, the younger generations tend to be more loyal to specific experiences. They no longer identify as gamers – they identify as players of a specific game.What game do we identify ourselves as players of or do you see yourself as platform specific?Can we fault companies for pursuing the live service Model when gamers are becoming more loyal to specific games?Every two years, IGN conducts a study into audience attitudes towards older games, and the findings have shown that people are increasingly looking back. Now, 71% agree that they’re feeling more and more nostalgic for franchises that were around when they were kids.Gen Z and Gen Alpha now expect every song and TV show to be available to them instantly, and they expect the same for video games.Donkey Kong Bananza Impressions (50:45)Rascal Dreams of Bunny Girl Senpai Discussion (1:08:35)