2017 saw the release of numerous video games as well as other developments in the gaming industry. The Nintendo Switch console was released in 2017, which sold more than 14 million units by the end of 2017, exceeding the underperforming Wii U lifetime sales, and helped to revitalize Nintendo, alongside the "retro" Super NES Classic Edition console, the refreshed New Nintendo 2DS XL handheld, and a strategy for mobile gaming. Microsoft also released the higher-powered Xbox One X targeted for 4K resolutions and virtual reality support.
Top-rated games in 2017 included The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Persona 5, and Divinity: Original Sin II. One of the most influential games of 2017 was PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which was released in early access for personal computers in March 2017 and by the end of the year had sold more than 24 million units, breaking several concurrent player count records and established the battle royale genre. Considerable debate was held over the use of loot boxes in video games and whether they constituted gambling, coming to a head with the release of Star Wars Battlefront II.
Video 2017 in video gaming
Series with new entries
Series with a new entry in 2017 included Assassin's Creed, Bomberman, Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, Danganronpa, Dawn of War, Destiny, Digimon, Fire Emblem, Gran Turismo, Gravity Rush, Halo Wars, Injustice, Marvel vs. Capcom, Mass Effect, Metroid, Need for Speed, Nier, Persona, Planescape: Torment, Pokémon, Prey, Professor Layton, Resident Evil, Sniper Elite, Sniper Ghost Warrior, Sonic the Hedgehog, Splatoon, Star Wars Battlefront, Super Mario, Tekken, The Evil Within, The Legend of Zelda, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Uncharted, Wolfenstein, WWE 2K, Xenoblade Chronicles and Yakuza.
Maps 2017 in video gaming
Major awards
1These awards are sometimes given as one (e.g. Best Mobile/Handheld, Excellence in Audio) or two awards (e.g. Best Mobile, Best Handheld; Audio Achievement, Best Music).
Financial performance
According to analyst firm Newzoo, the video game industry had US$116.6 billion in global revenues, a 10% growth from 2016. This growth was primarily driven by mobile gaming, as 43% (US$50.4 billion) of those revenues came from this sector, a growth of 23.3% from 2016. Of the remaining, 29% (US$33.3 billion) came from consoles hardware and games, and 28% (US$32.3 billion) from personal computer games. SuperData similarly estimated the global video game market in 2017 was around US$108.4 billion, driven heavily by free-to-play mobile and computer games. Analyst firm Sensor Tower, which tracks revenue within the mobile industry, reported that of the US$58.6 billion in total revenues in 2017, US$48.3 billion came from mobile games, with the highest grossing games being Monster Strike, Honor of Kings, Fate/Grand Order, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush Saga.
Within the United States, the video industry grew from 2016 by 18% to a total revenue of US$36 billion, with US$6.9 billion from hardware sales (gaining 19% from 2016) and US$29.1 billion (18%) from software and microtransactions, according to NPD Group and the Entertainment Software Association. NPD reported that the top selling software titles for 2017, excluding digital purchases, were Call of Duty: WWII, NBA 2K18, Destiny 2, Madden NFL 18, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Grand Theft Auto V, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8. Further, US$10.7 billion was spend on mobile gaming in 2017 in the United States, according to Sensor Tower. The top grossing revenue mobile games were Candy Crush Saga, Game of War: Fire Age, Clash of Clans, Mobile Strike, and Clash Royale.
Events
Hardware releases
The list of game-related hardware released and to be released in 2017 in North America.
Game releases
The list of games released in 2017.
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Unscheduled releases
This is a list of games which were announced to be released in 2017 in North America, but were not actually released in 2017. They were either delayed to 2018 or cancelled.
Cancelled games
Cancelled
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (WiiU)
- Scalebound (XBO, Win)
- Titanfall: Frontline (Android, iOS)
- MetaWorld (VR)
Discontinued
- Club Penguin
- Firefall
- The Tomorrow Children
- Marvel Heroes
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Critically praised games according to Metacritic
Metacritic is an aggregator of video game journalism reviews. It generally considers expansions and re-releases as separate entities.
Releases scoring higher than 88/100 in 2017 included:
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch, WiiU) (97)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) (97)
- Persona 5 (PS4, PS3) (93)
- Divinity: Original Sin II (PC) (93)
- Okami HD (PC, PS4) (93)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Xbox One, PS4, PC) (92)
- Undertale (PS4, PS Vita) (92)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) (92)
- Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove (Switch) (91)
- Bayonetta (PC) (90)
- Lone Echo (PC) (89)
- F1 2017 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) (89)
- Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood (PS4, PC) (89)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4) (89)
- Injustice 2 (Xbox One, PS4, PC) (89)
- XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (PC, PS4, Xbox One) (88)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Xbox One, PS4, PC) (88)
- Nier: Automata (PS4) (88)
- Cuphead (PC, Xbox One) (88)
- SteamWorld Dig 2 (Switch, PC, PS4, PS Vita) (88)
- Nex Machina: Death Machine (PS4) (88)
- Cave Story + (Switch) (88)
- Night in the Woods (PC) (88)
- Nioh (PS4, PC) (88)
Highly scoring games with fewer than 10 reviews included Rez Infinite and N++.
See also
- List of PlayStation 2 games for PlayStation 4
- List of Virtual Console games for Wii U (Japan)
- List of Virtual Console games for Wii U (North America)
- List of Virtual Console games for Wii U (PAL region)
- List of Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (Japan)
- List of Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (North America)
- List of Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (PAL region)
- List of Xbox 360 games compatible with Xbox One
References
Notes
- A The release date is slated for Japan only.
- B A western or worldwide release of previously regional exclusive games.
- C These games were targeted to be released in fiscal year 2018, which begins on April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018.
Footnotes
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