U.S. video game segment revenue growth 2027

In the United States, video games generated approximately 49.68 billion U.S. dollars of revenue in 2021. While the overall market revenue grew by 10.5 percent year-over-year, the digital market segment increased by 12.7 percent. Due to COVID-19, 2020 was also the first year in the observed time that had a positive revenue growth rate in the physical games segment. However, despite this year of success, the segment is projected to continue to decline and in 2022 alone lose around 13.2 percent of annual revenue when compared with 2021.

Video game market revenue growth in the United States from 2018 to 2027, by segment

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*Forecast
Data provided by Statista Market Outlooks are estimates

The Video Games segment consists of Physically Sold Video Games and Digital Video Games. Physically Sold Video Games comprises revenues associated with in-person purchases of video games in retail stores (e.g., at GameStop, Walmart, and Target) or in online-shops as CDs, DVDs, or other solid storage media Digital Video Games encompasses revenues associated with digital game sales (e.g., Steam, Origin, and Blizzard’s Battle.net for PCs and the Xbox Games Store, PlayStation Store, and Nintendo eShop for consoles). Additional downloadable content (DLC) and subscription services are included. The definition covers subscription-based games, e.g., World of Warcraft, as well as free-to-play games with in-game purchases for additional premium content or functionalities, e.g., Fortnite.

Detailed definitions can be found in the individual segments.

All figures are estimate. A detailed methodology can be found in the Statista Market Outlook.

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