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Free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide 2016, by region
Free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide in 2016, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)
This statistic presents the free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide in 2016, broken down by region. According to the findings, Asia had the highest reported F2P PC game revenue reaching 12.5 billion U.S. dollars that year.
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This statistic presents the free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide in 2016, broken down by region. According to the findings, Asia had the highest reported F2P PC game revenue reaching 12.5 billion U.S. dollars that year.
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