[Gameindustrybiz] 2022 in numbers

[Gizmo_Duck]

Pretty interesting numbers put together.

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Global Games Market Value: $184.4 bn (-4.3% YoY)

• Mobile Games: $92.2 bn (50%)
• Console Games: $51.8 bn (28%)
• Downloaded/Boxed PC Games: $38.2 bn (21%)
• Browser PC Games: $2.3 bn (1%)

BOXED vs DIGITAL
$10.7 bn vs $173.8bn

Total Market Revenue: 5.8% Boxed vs 94.2% Digital

PC Boxed: 2% vs 98% digital
Console Market: 28% boxed vs 72% digital

UNITED KINGDOM Best selling boxed games of the year

1. FIFA 23
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3. Pokémon Legends: Arceus
4. Horizon: Forbidden West
5. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
6. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
7. Mario Kart 8: Deluxed
8. God of War: Ragnarok
9. Nintendo Switch Sports
10. Elden Ring

JAPAN Best selling boxed games of the year

1. Splatoon 3
2. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
3. Pokémon Legend Arceus
4. Kirby and The Forbidden Land
5. Nintendo Switch Sports
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
7. Minecraft: Switch Edition
8. Mario Party Superstars
9. Super Smash Bros Ultimate
10. Elden Ring

UNITED STATES Best selling boxed games of the year

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Elden Ring
3. Madden NFL 23
4. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
5. God of War: Ragnarok
6. Pokemon Legends: Arceus
7. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
8. Horizon: Forbidden West
9. FIFA 23
10. MLB: The Show '22

METACRITIC

Elden Ring: 96 (PS5/Xbox Series X|S)
Portal Companion: 96 Collection (Switch)
Postal 4: No Regerts: 30 (PC)

NEW IP vs NEW RELEASES

SONY: 5 NR vs 0 NIP
Xbox (incl. Bethesda): 4 NR vs 4NIP
Nintendo: 10 NR vs 0 NIP
Electronic Arts: 6 NR vs 0 NIP
Take-Two: 9 NR vs 3 NIP
Ubisoft: 4 NR vs 1 NIP
Activision Blizzard: 3 NR vs 0 NIP

THE MOBILE MARKET

Top Games Publishers by worldwide downloads

1. Azur Interactive Games (1.1m)
2. Embracer Group (1.1m)
3. Supersonic Studios (1.1m)
4. SayGames (935k)
5. Miniclip (931k)

Top Games by worldwide downloads

1. Subway Surfers (275k)
2. Garena Free Fire (245k)
3. Stumble Guys (174k)
4. Ludo King (165k)
5. Roblox (163k)

Top Countries by worldwide downloads

1. India (8.9m)
2. US (4.4m)
3. Brazil (4.2m)
4. Indonesia (3.2m)
5. Russia (2.4m)

Top Games publishers by worldwide consumers spending

1. Tencent ($6.8 bn)
2. Activision Blizzard ($2.5 bn)
3. NetEase ($2.4 bn)
4. Playrix ($2 bn)
5. Take-Two Interactive ($ 2 bn)

Top Games by consumers spending

1. Honor of Kings ($2.5 bn)
2. PUBG Mobile* ($1.9 bn) *includes Games for Peace in China
3. Genshin Impact ($1.7 bn)
4. Candy Crush Saga ($1.2 bn)
5. Roblox ($1 bn)

TOP Countries by worldwide consumer spending

1. US ($20.8 bn)
2. Japan (14.2 bn)
3. China** ($13.4 bn)
4. South Korea ($5.2 bn)
5. Taiwan ($2.3 bn)

**Includes App Store and Google Play online, excludes third-party Android marketplace.

THE MOST

Most Covered Games (source: ICO)

1. Elden Ring
2. Fornite
3. Genshin Impact
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
5. The Last of Us: Part 2
6. Minecraft
7. Cyberpunk 2077
8. Horizon: Forbidden West
9. Overwatch 2
10. God of War: Ragnarok
11. League of Legends
12. Apex Legends
13. FIFA 23
14. PUBG
15. Destiny 2

Most Covered Companies (source: ICO)

1. Nintendo
2. Microsoft
3. Sony
4. Ubisoft
5. Epic Games
6. Twitch
7. Activision Blizzard
8. Sega
9. Valve
10. Bethesda

Most Viewed Game Trailers (source: Fancensus)

1. League of Legends 2022 season cinematic (139.7m)
2. Poppy Playtime Chapter 2 official game trailer (54.1m)
3. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Banda MS Music Video (38.2m)
4. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Worldwide Reveal (29.5m)
5. Fortnite All Battle No Build (27.8m)
6. Fortnite Chapter 3 season 4 cinematic (26.2m)
7. League of Legends Lil Nas X: Star Walkin' [League of Legends Anthem] (24.7m)
8. Fortnite Frozst Survival by SawYair (24.1m)
9. Fortnite Zero Build gameplay trailer (23.2m)
10. Fortnite Racing map codes (20.6m)

MOST Discussed Games on Twitter (source: Fancensus)

1. Genshin Impact
2. Final Fantasy XIV
3. Elden Ring
4. Splatton 3
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
6. Sonic Frontiers
7. Overwatch 2
8. God of War: Ragnarok
9. Pokemon Scarlet
10. Apex Legends
11. Stray
12. Pokemon Violet
13. Street Fighter 6
14. King of Fighters 15

Top Youtube Influencers (source: Fancensus)

• Aphmau
• Compot
• Flamingo
• LankyBox
• ItsFunneh

 

[High quality poster]

Explain this in NBA terms

 

[Rekkapryde]

India and mobile is that big???

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Crazy how the numbers who everyone is going digital now. Soon we will be all digital

 

[42 Monks]

India and mobile is that big???

it'd be bigger if they had the consumer power like that. its really disproportionate the way its laid out