Market: 2.7 billion players will spend $ 159.3 billion in 2020 according to Newzoo – News

Each quarter, Newzoo updates its reports on the video game industry and its various branches. We discover annual forecast figures, as well as trends to watch over the coming months. How many billions of players in the world? How many billions of dollars spent on this market?

In the latest edition of its video game dossier, Newzoo shares particularly positive estimates. Accord ing to the study available at this address

, in 2020, 2.7 billion gamers will spend $ 159.3 billion on video games. This will therefore represent an increase of 9.3% compared to last year. A good progression which would be linked in particular to the health crisis, the video game offering to a large population "a way to escape and pass the timeAnalyst Tom Wijman estimates that this increase will remain more than 8% in the coming years, which should allow the industry to exceed the $ 200 billion mark of revenues by 2023.

Regarding the distribution of this very pretty gem, Newzoo announces the following distribution: 48% ($ 77.2 billion) for mobile, 28% ($ 45.2 billion) on consoles and finally, 23% ($ 36.9 billion) for PC

. On the console side, a slowdown in sales has appeared since 2018, players now preferring to wait for the next generation of machines to invest. Today, they would be close to 729 million to own an Xbox, a PlayStation or a Switch, but this audience should greatly increase in the coming years. It is also interesting to note that the mobile market remains the most difficult to make profitable since only 38% of consumers invest money on a regular basis.

Finally, let's finish with the geographic distribution. The biggest of the market obviously comes from Asia-Pacific with 1.506 billion players, or 55% of the audience, thanks in particular to China which has entered on a level foot in its gaming revolution. Come next Europe, the Middle East and Africa which represent 28% (758 million players), then America with 16% (462 million players). Newzoo concludes its report by specifying all the same that these figures could change in the coming months due to the measures taken by the various governments vis-à-vis the Coronavirus.