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Statista dossier about console gaming

This dossier provides information about global console gaming behavior, console user spending and the most important services for console gamers. Also featured are the most important current generation consoles PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S series, and the Nintendo Switch. For more specific information about gaming console hardware sales, please refer to our Game consoles Statista Dossier.

Table of contents

  • 1. Market overview

    • Global digital games industry revenue 2020, by category

    • Console gaming consumer market value worldwide 2018-2025

    • Console gaming consumer market value worldwide 2011-2022, by distribution

    • Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony global console gaming software revenue 2021-2025

    • F2P console games revenue worldwide 2018-2021

    • Premium console games revenue worldwide 2018-2021

    • Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony gaming hardware unit sales worldwide 2012-2025

    • Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony consoles active installed base worldwide 2012-2025

  • 2. Subscription services & purchases

    • Global reach and interest in select subscription services 2020

    • Cost of annual PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold memberships 2020, by country

    • Number of PlayStation Network users 2014-2021

    • Number of PlayStation Plus subscribers worldwide 2014-2021

    • Number of Xbox Live MAU 2020

    • Retail value of free games offered to PlayStation Plus subscribers 2016-2020

    • Retail value of free games offered to Xbox Live Games with Gold subscribers 2020

    • Global gamers who purchased gaming add-ons 2020, by console

    • Devices used to purchased new games by console gamers 2020

  • 3. Consumer demographics & behavior

    • Console gaming reach in selected markets worldwide 2020

    • UK console gaming reach 2007-2021

    • Hours console gamers spend on playing video games per week in the U.S. 2020

    • U.S. console gamers' video game genres 2020

    • U.S. console gamers by age 2020

    • U.S. console gamers by gender 2020

  • 4. Sony PlayStation

    • Sony PlayStation gaming hardware sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025

    • PlayStation gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025

    • PlayStation gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025, by type

    • Sony game and network services: net sales as of FY Q1 2021, by segment

    • Sony PlayStation full-game and first party software unit sales 2018-2020

    • Sony PlayStation full-game software unit sales as of Q1 FY21

    • Sony PlayStation first party game title unit sales as of Q1 FY21

    • Sony PlayStation digital software unit sales share as of Q1 FY21

  • 5. Microsoft Xbox

    • Microsoft Xbox gaming hardware sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025

    • Xbox gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025

    • Xbox gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025, by type

    • Installed base of next-gen PlayStation and Xbox game consoles worldwide 2020-2024

    • Predicted unit sales of Microsoft Xbox Series X worldwide 2020

    • Xbox One unit sales in Europe 2013-2020

    • Global unit sales of Xbox One consoles 2017-2020

    • Xbox content and services revenue development as of FY Q4 2021

  • 6. Nintendo Switch

    • Nintendo gaming hardware sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025

    • Nintendo gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025

    • Nintendo gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025, by type

    • Global unit sales of Nintendo Switch console 2017-2021

    • Cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch 2021, by region

    • Nintendo Switch software unit sales 2017-2021

    • Nintendo Switch software unit sales 2018-2021, by region

    • Nintendo annual digital game sales 2018-2021

    • Nintendo annual digital game sales share 2018-2021

  • 7. Spotlight: best-selling console games

    • Leading premium PC and console games worldwide 2020

    • All-time best selling console games worldwide 2021, based on unit sales

    • Leading console games based on global MAU 2020

    • All time best-selling PS4 video games worldwide as of 2021, by unit sales

    • Most popular games on PlayStation 5 in the U.S. 2020

    • Fastest-selling first-party PS4 exclusives 2020

    • Most frequently completed open world PlayStation games 2021

    • All time best-selling Xbox One video games worldwide as of 2020, by unit sales

    • Most popular games on Xbox Series X/S in the U.S. 2020

    • Nintendo top selling 1P games FY 2021

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