The timeline presents the number of active video gamers worldwide from 2014 to 2021. It was estimated that by the end of 2017 there will have been 2.21 billion gamers worldwide, and this number is expected to further grow to 2.73 billion by 2021.
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The timeline presents the number of active video gamers worldwide from 2014 to 2021. It was estimated that by the end of 2017 there will have been 2.21 billion gamers worldwide, and this number is expected to further grow to 2.73 billion by 2021.
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- Consumer spending on gaming in the United States from 2010 to 2017, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)Consumer spending on gaming in the U.S. from 2010 to 2017, by segment
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- Activision Blizzard's revenue from 2015 to 2017, by platform/segment (in million U.S. dollars)Activision Blizzard's revenue from 2015-2017, by platform
- Microsoft's revenue from 2012 to 2017 financial years, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)Revenue of Microsoft broken down by segment 2012-2017
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- Global revenue of the handheld consoles hardware market from 2014 to 2018 (in billion euros)Global handheld consoles hardware sales 2014-2018
- Gaming peripherals market revenue worldwide in 2016, by component (in million U.S. dollars)Gaming peripherals market revenue in 2016, by component
- Video game console sales worldwide for products total lifespan as of September 2017 (in million units)Lifetime global unit sales of video game consoles as of September 2017
- Share of consumers aware of selected current generation console brands in the United States as of 2017U.S. consumer awareness of selected current generation console brands as of 2017
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- Software revenue of the U.S. video game industry from March 2016 to March 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Software revenue of the U.S. video game industry 2016-2018
- Genre breakdown of video game sales in the United States in 2017Genre breakdown of U.S. video game sales in 2017
- All-time best-selling console games based on global unit sales as of March 2018 (in million units)All-time best selling console games worldwide 2018, based on unit sales
- Unit sales of the best selling PC games of all time worldwide as of January 2018 (in million units)Best selling PC games of all time worldwide as of January 2018
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- Top selling Nintendo DS titles worldwide as of March 2017 (in million units)Nintendo DS - top selling titles worldwide in 2017
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- Consumer behavior
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- Percentage of adults who often and sometimes play video games in the United States as of April 2017, by age groupShare of U.S. adults frequently playing video games 2017, by age group
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