Global games industry M&A value worldwide by segment 2023

In 2023, the video gaming industry M&A value amounted to 76.7 billion U.S. dollars across 147 transactions. The console segment accounted for 68.8 billion U.S. dollars in mergers and acquisition value during the year, almost entirely due to the closing of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for 68.7 billion U.S. dollars.

Annual value of video gaming industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide from 2013 to 2023, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	AR/VR	Console/PC	Mobile	Tech/Other	eSports	Browser	MCG*
2023	110	68,841.4	6,620.7	1,055.9	49	-	3.3
2022	7.7	7,663.9	17,571.4	10,058.7	2,924.6	146.3	2,995
2021	-	11,546.8	13,504.2	7,811.5	501.7	34.4	-
2020	136.5	2,938.4	4,698.7	1,660.3	964.1	-	1,697.9
2019	120	1,510.3	923.3	1,814.7	258	14.5	236
2018	2.9	3,019.6	14,660.6	124.2	104	29.1	5,299
2017	-	530.2	3,348.8	799.8	28.1	0.7	408.5
2016	0.6	1,001	24,407	209.8	46	-	2,759.2
2015	10.6	605.5	1,450.4	74.7	154	43.6	2,419.4
2014	3,000	970.2	7,458.6	1,231.3	-	-	2,849
2013	-	2,643.3	4,378.5	822.6	-	15.6	228

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Release date

February 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2013 to 2023

Special properties

based on disclosed transactions values

Supplementary notes

*Mass Community Games (MGC) are games driven by online community play. Includes MMO, MOBA, battle royale, and metaverse games.
Data regarding earlier periods than 2023 were previously published by the source.

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