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Global PC and console games revenue 2012-2022, by type
Global PC and console games revenue 2012-2022, by type
PC and console games revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2022, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)
The statistic shows the PC and console games revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2022, broken down by type. In 2017, the additional game content monetization generated five billion U.S. dollars in global revenue, while full game revenue amounted to eight billion that same year.
PC and console games revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2022, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)
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| Additional content | Full game | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022* | 7 | 11 |
| 2021* | 6 | 11 |
| 2020* | 6 | 10 |
| 2019* | 6 | 9 |
| 2018* | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| Additional content | Full game | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022* | 7 | 11 |
| 2021* | 6 | 11 |
| 2020* | 6 | 10 |
| 2019* | 6 | 9 |
| 2018* | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
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The statistic shows the PC and console games revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2022, broken down by type. In 2017, the additional game content monetization generated five billion U.S. dollars in global revenue, while full game revenue amounted to eight billion that same year.
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- Percentage of mobile users making in-game purchases on a monthly basis worldwide as of May 2016, by platformShare of global mobile users making in-game purchases 2016, by platform
- Digital games industry revenue in the United States in 2016, by game category (in million U.S. dollars)Digital games industry revenue in the U.S. 2016, by category
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- Free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide in 2016, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)Free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide 2016, by region
- In-game mobile gaming revenue in the United States from 2013 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. in-game mobile gaming revenue 2013-2016
- Percentage of freemium mobile gamers who made in-game purchases in February 2016, by number of purchasesNumber of in-game purchases made by freemium mobile gamers 2016
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- Frequency of pre-ordering video games according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016Game pre-order frequency according to U.S. gamers 2016
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- Number of paid home console games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016Paid home console games possession in the U.S. 2016
- Number of paid smartphone or tablet games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016Paid mobile games possession in the U.S. 2016
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- Revenue generated by free-to-play and pay-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games worldwide as of June 2016, by region (in million U.S. dollars)
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- Average annual expenditure on video games per consumer unit in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by type (in U.S. dollars)
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- Frequency of pre-ordering video games according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016
- Number of paid PC games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016
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- Distribution of mobile in-app advertising impressions worldwide between January and November 2017, by ad format
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- Average annual in-game spending of mobile gamers in the United States in 2016, by game title (in U.S. dollars)
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