The analysis also projects relatively sluggish industry growth through the middle of this decade.
Over 60 percent of playtime in 2022 and 2023 went to games at least six years old.
The finding applies to 37 international markets, not including China or India.
Unsurprisingly, the older titles are live-service online multiplayer games.
Interestingly, EA Sports FC 24 only made the top chart on PlayStation despite being available on every platform.
The Nintendo Switch ranking breaks from the trend of older games.
Those three and Starfield are the only strictly single-player games shown.
The Switch also has the lowest average popular game age at 3.9 years.
Its pessimism is partially based on 2024’s relatively light release schedule.
Analysis from Circana alsopredictchallenges for the sector in the near future.
