Global Video Games Market - Revision history

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 == Other Global Industry Categories ==
 *[[Mobile market]]
 *[[Acquisition and Investment]]
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 The data company Newzoo also collates and updates a number of useful infographics of [https://newzoo.com/key-numbers global industry headlines] and [https://newzoo.com/insights/infographics/ individual country metrics].
 == 2021 Stats ==

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 == Install Base - Devices & Games ==
-'''Major platforms install base:'''
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 == 2021 Stats ==

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 *PlayStation 4 - 106m ([https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/30/20746712/sony-playstation-4-sales-100-million-milestone VentureBeat], Jan 2020), previously 100m ([https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/30/20746712/sony-playstation-4-sales-100-million-milestone The Verge], Jul 2019),  91.6m ([https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2019/01/11/putting-the-playstation-4s-91-6-million-sales-into-context/#29d15a786c50 Forbes], Jan 2019)
 *XBox One - 39.1m ([https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/319939/Analyst_report_Xbox_One_install_base_at_39M_as_of_March_2018.php Gamastura], Jun 2018)
-*Switch - 32.27m ([https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/01/31/nintendo-switch-sales-pass-32-million IGN], Jan 2019)
+*Switch - 90m ([https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/211105e.pdf Nintendo], Oct 2021)
 *Steam - 90m Monthly Active Users, 47m Daily Active Users ([https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steam-now-has-90-million-monthly-users/ PC Gamer], Jan 2019)
 *Epic Games Store - 108m lifetime total active users (accounts with at least one purchase). ([https://gamedaily.biz/article/1502/epic-games-store-has-generated-680m-so-far-with-exclusives-being-critical-says-tim-sweeney GameDaily.biz], Jan 2020

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	*The UK-made Grand Theft Auto V has surpassed 150 million lifetime sales, bringing the lifetime total for the Grand Theft Auto series to 360 million. Red Dead Redemption 2, also largely made in the UK, has now sold 60m units worldwide. ([https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08-02-take-two-is-announcing-an-exciting-new-franchise-later-this-month Eurogamer], Aug 2021)		*The UK-made Grand Theft Auto V has surpassed 150 million lifetime sales, bringing the lifetime total for the Grand Theft Auto series to 360 million. Red Dead Redemption 2, also largely made in the UK, has now sold 60m units worldwide. ([https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08-02-take-two-is-announcing-an-exciting-new-franchise-later-this-month Eurogamer], Aug 2021)
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		+	====Individual markets ranked====
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		+	By revenue, the top 10 global markets in 2021 are ([https://newzoo.com/insights/rankings/top-10-countries-by-game-revenues/ Newzoo], 2021):
		+	# '''China''' - $44.3bn
		+	# '''USA''' - $42.1bn
		+	# '''Japan''' - $20.6bn
		+	# '''South Korea''' - $7.33bn
		+	# '''Germany''' - $6.08bn
		+	# '''UK''' - $5.53bn
		+	# '''France''' - $4.35bn
		+	# '''Canada''' - $3.84bn
		+	# '''Italy''' - $3.48bn
		+	# '''Spain''' - $2.46bn
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		+	If revenues are considered against each country's internet-connected population, the ranking changes based on revenue per unit population.
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		+	# '''Japan''' - $179 pp
		+	# '''South Korea''' - $151 pp
		+	# '''USA''' - $148 pp
		+	# '''Canada''' - $112 pp
		+	# '''UK''' - $89 pp
		+	# '''Germany''' - $80 pp
		+	# '''France''' - $74 pp
		+	# '''Italy''' - $65 pp
		+	# '''Spain''' - $59 pp
		+	# '''China''' - $47 pp

	== 2020 Stats ==		== 2020 Stats ==

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 *Globally, there will be almost 3bn people playing games in 2021, 55% of which are in the Asia-Pacific region. Europe represents 14% of all players, or 408m people (+4% yoy) and North America takes the smallest share at just 7% of all players (212m), despite being the second largest in revenue terms.
 *If trends continue, Newzoo predict global revenues reaching $218.7bn by 2024, with a global player base of 3.32bn.
 *The UK-made Grand Theft Auto V has surpassed 150 million lifetime sales, bringing the lifetime total for the Grand Theft Auto series to 360 million. Red Dead Redemption 2, also largely made in the UK, has now sold 60m units worldwide. ([https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08-02-take-two-is-announcing-an-exciting-new-franchise-later-this-month Eurogamer], Aug 2021)

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 == 2021 Stats ==
-*The global games market will be worth a record $175.8nm in 2021, rising +1.1% year-on-year. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-games-market-report-2021-free-version/ Newzoo], Jul 2020)
+*The global games market will be worth a record $175.8nm in 2021, rising +1.1% year-on-year. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-games-market-report-2021-free-version/ Newzoo], Jul 2021)
 *Looking across the major global markets
 **The Asia-Pacific region comprises the largest share of the global market, a full 50% or all revenues, or $88.2bn (+3.0% yoy). This is largely due to the impacts of the $45.6bn Chinese market.

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	== 2021 Stats ==		== 2021 Stats ==
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		+	*The global games market will be worth a record $175.8nm in 2021, rising +1.1% year-on-year. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-games-market-report-2021-free-version/ Newzoo], Jul 2020)
		+	*Looking across the major global markets
		+	**The Asia-Pacific region comprises the largest share of the global market, a full 50% or all revenues, or $88.2bn (+3.0% yoy). This is largely due to the impacts of the $45.6bn Chinese market.
		+	**North America represent 24% of global revenues, at $42.6bn (-7.2% yoy)
		+	**Europe is third largest with 18% of all revenues, or $31.5bn (-5.6% yoy)
		+	**The two smallest markets each comprise 4% of total revenues, with Latin America at $7.2bn (+5.1% yoy) and the Middle East & Africa at $6.3bn (+4.8% yoy)
		+	*Looking at device types:
		+	**Smartphone games comprise the largest share of all revenue at 45%, or $79.0bn (+4.7% yoy)
		+	**Console games represent 28% of the market at $49.2bn (-8.9% yoy)
		+	**PC games are 19% of the market, worth $33.3bn (1.4% yoy)
		+	**Tablet games make up 7% of global revenues, at $11.6bn (+2.0% yoy)
		+	** And browser games take up the remaining 1%, at $2.6bn (-18.0% yoy)
		+	*Globally, there will be almost 3bn people playing games in 2021, 55% of which are in the Asia-Pacific region. Europe represents 14% of all players, or 408m people (+4% yoy) and North America takes the smallest share at just 7% of all players (212m), despite being the second largest in revenue terms.

	*The UK-made Grand Theft Auto V has surpassed 150 million lifetime sales, bringing the lifetime total for the Grand Theft Auto series to 360 million. Red Dead Redemption 2, also largely made in the UK, has now sold 60m units worldwide. ([https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08-02-take-two-is-announcing-an-exciting-new-franchise-later-this-month Eurogamer], Aug 2021)		*The UK-made Grand Theft Auto V has surpassed 150 million lifetime sales, bringing the lifetime total for the Grand Theft Auto series to 360 million. Red Dead Redemption 2, also largely made in the UK, has now sold 60m units worldwide. ([https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08-02-take-two-is-announcing-an-exciting-new-franchise-later-this-month Eurogamer], Aug 2021)

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 *App Store (iPhone / iPad): 900,718
 **As of June 2019, there were 900,718 games listed as active on Apple's App Store, with 3,759 new games submitted in May 2019 alone. ([https://www.pocketgamer.biz/metrics/app-store/app-count/ PocketGamer.biz], Jun 2019)
 == 2020 Stats ==

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	== 2020 Stats ==		== 2020 Stats ==
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		+	[[File:Newzoo-2020-Global-Gamers.png\|thumb\|400px\|Newzoo 2020 Global Gamers Infographic ([https://newzoo.com/key-numbers/ Newzoo], May 2020)]]
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		+	*According to [https://newzoo.com/key-numbers/ Newzoo], in 2020 2.7 billion people globally play video games across any device type, growing +6.4% from the previous year. ([https://newzoo.com/key-numbers/ Newzoo], May 2020)
		+	**The Asia-Pacific region is the largest by total number of players at 1.5bn, increasing +7.7% year-on-year.
		+	**EMEA is the second largest region at 758m players (+6.6% yoy), followed by Latin America at 259m players (+4.3%) and finally North America at 203m, which was the only major region to see a slight decline in total players in 2020 (-0.9%).
		+	**However, of these 2.7bn players only 38% are expected to pay for games, with the rest opting for free-to-play options. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/newzoo-games-market-numbers-revenues-and-audience-2020-2023/ Newzoo], May 2020)
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		+	[[File:Newzoo-2020-Global-Games-Market-per-Segment-1.png\|thumb\|400px\|Newzoo 2020 Global Games Market per Segment ([https://newzoo.com/key-numbers/ Newzoo],May 2020)]]
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		+	*According to [https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/newzoo-games-market-numbers-revenues-and-audience-2020-2023/ Newzoo], in 2020, the global games market will reach $159.3bn, an increase of +9.3% year-on-year. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/newzoo-games-market-numbers-revenues-and-audience-2020-2023/ Newzoo], May 2020)
		+	**The largest increase in was in global mobile game revenues, up +13.3% yoy to $77.2bn, partly driven by the prevalence of smartphones in the global population.
		+	**Global console game revenues will grow +6.8% year-on-year to $45.2bn, with over 729m players around the world.
		+	**The PC market will also see growth, with 1.3bn players generating revenues of $36.98bn, up +4.8%. This growth is tempered slightly by the decline in the now comparatively small browser-based games market, which will decline -13.4% to revenues of just $3bn. Comparatively, the rest of the PC boxed/download market saw greater growth at +6.7% year-on-year, to $33.9bn.
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		+	*Overall, [https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/newzoo-games-market-numbers-revenues-and-audience-2020-2023/ Newzoo] predict that the global games market will exceed the milestone of $200bn in 2023, with a cumulative annual growth (CAGR) of +8.3% to $200.8bn. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/newzoo-games-market-numbers-revenues-and-audience-2020-2023/ Newzoo], May 2020)

	*According to Newzoo, the global games market was worth $152.1bn in 2019, an increase of +9.6% on the previous year. The global market is expected to grow to $196bn by 2021. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-games-market-report-2019-light-version/ Newzoo], Jan 2020)		*According to Newzoo, the global games market was worth $152.1bn in 2019, an increase of +9.6% on the previous year. The global market is expected to grow to $196bn by 2021. ([https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-games-market-report-2019-light-version/ Newzoo], Jan 2020)