Annual games industry M&A transactions value worldwide 2013-2024 YTD, by segment
In 2023, the video gaming industry M&A value amounted to 76.76 billion U.S. dollars across 152 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. So far in 2024, the mobile segment accounted for the biggest value of merger and acquisition spending.