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Despite the Xbox Series X and the PS5 just being released there is an event that’s impacted the games industry on an even larger scale. An impact that is ongoing and of which we haven’t yet felt the full effects. COVID-19 assuredly has affected humanity on a global scale but today we are narrowing in on just how the pandemic affected the games industry this year. It started with the cancellation of gaming events like GDC, E3 and PAX and then it hit our beloved games with delay after delay… but it’s not all bad. Come hang out as we try to look at the bright side of 2020’s worst back of the box feature on today's edition of Inside Gaming Daily.

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SOURCES 

[Variety] Summer Game Fest 2020 Steps in to Fill E3 Void for Video-Game Biz https://bit.ly/2Ubx4aW

[Wikipedia] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry https://bit.ly/2UbXysK

[The Washington Post] The giants of the video game industry have thrived in the pandemic. Can the success continue? https://wapo.st/3ngMhnD

[Nintendo] Top Selling Title Sales Units https://bit.ly/2UfWKTO

[Yahoo Finance] Free time and ‘Fortnite’: How coronavirus changed the video game industry forever https://yhoo.it/2JXe0LF

[Eurogamer] Nintendo reports extraordinary sales, profit up 200% https://bit.ly/32wQSKm

[VentureBeat] Activision Blizzard beats expectations as Q2 2020 revenue grows 38% to $1.9 billion https://bit.ly/3eO5SIU

[Gamasutra] GDC State of the Industry: WFH Edition survey reveals COVID-19's impact on devs https://bit.ly/36qN3az

[The Verge] Xbox Game Pass subscribers jump 50 percent to 15 million in less than six months https://bit.ly/2GUZ1Rk

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