The video game market will drop in 2022 after many years of sustained growth

A report by Ampere Analysis estimates that approximately $188,000 million will be generated.

Ampere Analysis, the same firm that provided us with data on other interesting aspects of the video game industry, is hereby returning to the fray with a report on what happened. video game market In this year 2022 we find ourselves in.

As we read on Eurogamer, it is predicted that the market will enter in the company’s analysis. $188 billion in 2022 On a global scale, it’s an extraordinarily high figure, but no higher than 2021, which was set at around $191,000 million at the time.

About The first year that the industry will regress after a long hiatusDespite the comparison with the data of previous years, it is clear that it is not a critical situation as it remains at very high numbers after the exaggerated growth in 2020 and 2021.

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Expected to grow again in 2023“After two years of massive expansion, the video game market is about to slow slightly in growth in 2022 due to different factors,” says Piers Harding Rolls, director of research at Ampere Analysis. It refers to: The growth of the last two years is due to the pandemicAs people spend more time at home, the numbers are rapidly increasing, as consoles and video games are preferred to be purchased.

In addition, there is no need to worry as the firm predicts that the video game market will increase further. It will grow again in 2023With an estimated revenue of $195,000 million, that’s a record the industry has yet to reach.