Xbox Takes #1 Spot In Top Ten ‘Most Covered’ Games And Companies Of 2023

As we continue to wrap up 2023, our friends over at GamesIndustry.biz have shared their extensive roundup of the “Year in Numbers”, concluding that Xbox and Starfield received a massive amount of coverage over the past 12 months.

This information is based on the total number of articles from over 18,000 websites (courtesy of data from ICO via Footprints), with Starfield being covered on 53,097 occasions, and Xbox on 308,834 occasions.

Here’s a look at the top ten for each category:

Most Covered Games

1. Starfield (53,097 articles)
2. Diablo 4 (51,363 articles)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (39,330 articles)
4. Fortnite (28,503 articles)
5. Cyberpunk 2077 (25,853 articles)
6. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (25,739 articles)
7. Final Fantasy 16 (21,904 articles)
8. Minecraft (21,543 articles)
9. Baldur’s Gate 3 (20,701 articles)
10. League of Legends (20,090 articles)

Most Covered Companies

1. Xbox (308,834 articles)
2. PlayStation (268,085 articles)
3. Nintendo (244,424 articles)
4. Microsoft (189,793 articles)
5. Sony (115,408 articles)
6. Activision Blizzard (80,500 articles)
7. Nvidia (68,302 articles)
8. Electronic Arts (47,773 articles)
9. Ubisoft (42,886 articles)
10. Epic Games (36,726 articles)

Beyond this, there’s plenty of other fascinating information in the infographic that’s worth checking out. For example, Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling game of the year in the US, digital games made up 83% of all purchases on console, and the most viewed trailer was Grand Theft Auto 6 by over 60 million views!

Going back to those “most covered” categories though, it’s clear that Starfield generated a huge amount of attention for Xbox in 2023, and it’ll be interesting to see if that continues in 2024. What’ll be topping these two lists next year?