{"id":8292,"date":"2025-03-26T16:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/?p=8292"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:06:07","slug":"game-industrie-verre-van-game-over-in-belgie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forbes.be\/nl\/game-industrie-verre-van-game-over-in-belgie\/","title":{"rendered":"Game-industrie verre van game over in Belgi\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"

De Belgische gamingindustrie doet het goed. Heel goed zelfs. Met een omzet van 698 miljoen euro vorig jaar en een groei van 12% ten opzichte van 2023, steekt de sector sterk af tegen de wereldwijde trend van ontslagen en kostenbesparingen. Meer dan 14.000 banen verdwenen vorig jaar en de teller staat nu al bijna op 1.500 na drie maanden in 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

De bijna 700 miljoen euro aan verkopen bevestigen volgens de Video Games Federation Belgium<\/a> (VGFB) de groeiende populariteit van videogames bij miljoenen spelers in ons land. Meer dan zeven op de tien verkopen (72%) vonden digitaal plaats, terwijl het wereldwijde gemiddelde 85% bedraagt. Fysieke eenheden, oftewel spellen verkocht in fysieke winkels of via online retailers, worden vaker verkocht tijdens de drukke eindejaarsperiode, merkt de federatie op. Waarschijnlijk het kerstboomeffect… Aan de andere kant vertegenwoordigden de inkomsten uit fysieke verkopen vorig jaar ongeveer de helft van die uit digitale downloads.<\/p>\n

De PlayStation 5 is de koningin van de consoles<\/h2>\n

De PlayStation 5<\/a>, ge\u00efntroduceerd eind 2020, is nog steeds de meest verkochte spelconsole in Belgi\u00eb, v\u00f3\u00f3r de Nintendo Switch, waarvan het 2e model<\/a> binnenkort officieel wordt gelanceerd op 2 april. De Xbox Series<\/a> maakt het podium compleet, terwijl de PlayStation 4, die teruggaat tot 2013, op de 4e plaats staat, net voor My Arcade (officieel gelicentieerde apparaten voor het spelen van oude retrovideogames van uitgevers zoals Capcom, Bandai Namco, Atari en SEGA). Belangrijk detail: pc’s zijn niet opgenomen in deze ranglijst.<\/p>\n

Voetbal en Call of Duty<\/h2>\n

Wat betreft videogames blijft de top 3 van verkopen voor consoles onwrikbaar gedomineerd door voetbal, met “EA Sports FC 25”, de voormalige FIFA, op de eerste plaats en “EA Sports 24” op de 3e. Alleen “Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6” slaagde erin zich ertussen te wurmen. Bij pc’s is het laatstgenoemde spel dat het de scepter zwaait. “Helldivers 2” en “Grand Theft Auto V” maken het podium compleet. Tot slot was “Fortnite” vorig jaar het meest gespeelde videospel in Belgi\u00eb.<\/p>\n

Fenomenaal succes voor een Belgische game<\/h2>\n

Opmerkelijk hier is dat Baldur’s Gate 3<\/a>, een Belgische creatie verkozen tot “game van het jaar” eind 2023 bij de Game Awards<\/a>, een internationale prestigieuze ceremonie, ontbreekt in de cijfers van de VGFB, daar de ontwikkelaar Larian Studios<\/a> zijn offici\u00eble verkoopgegevens niet deelt. De federatie kan echter bevestigen dat de game zijn eerste plaats heeft behouden in de top 5 van de meest gestreamde Belgische videogames. Deze ranking betreft consumenten die naar videogames kijken, live gespeeld door anderen, op kanalen zoals Twitch en YouTube.<\/p>\n

Ter informatie, in maart 2024, een jaar geleden, schatte David Verbruggen, directeur van de VGFB, de verkopen van “Baldur’s Gate 3” op bijna 20 miljoen verkochte exemplaren sinds de lancering, wat toen al een omzet van 1,2 miljard euro vertegenwoordigde. Niet minder dan acht keer de omzet van het festival Tomorrowland!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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