Thread: [GamesIndustry.biz] The Year In Numbers 2022

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Platforms
  1. PC
  2. Xbox
  3. PlayStation
  4. Nintendo
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Global Games Market Value: $184.4 bn (-4.3% YoY)
  • Mobile Games: $92.2 bn (50%)
  • Console Games: $51.8 bn (28%)
  • Downloaded/Boxed PC Games: $38.2 bn (21%)
  • Browser PC Games: $2.3 bn (1%)
BOXED vs DIGITAL
$10.7 bn vs $173.8bn

Total Market Revenue: 5.8% Boxed vs 94.2% Digital
PC Boxed: 2% vs 98% digital
Console Market: 28% boxed vs 72% digital


UNITED KINGDOM Best selling boxed games of the year
  1. FIFA 23
  2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  3. Pokémon Legends: Arceus
  4. Horizon: Forbidden West
  5. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
  6. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  7. Mario Kart 8: Deluxed
  8. God of War: Ragnarok
  9. Nintendo Switch Sports
  10. Elden Ring
JAPAN Best selling boxed games of the year
  1. Splatoon 3
  2. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
  3. Pokémon Legend Arceus
  4. Kirby and The Forbidden Land
  5. Nintendo Switch Sports
  6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  7. Minecraft: Switch Edition
  8. Mario Party Superstars
  9. Super Smash Bros Ultimate
  10. Elden Ring
UNITED STATES Best selling boxed games of the year
  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  2. Elden Ring
  3. Madden NFL 23
  4. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  5. God of War: Ragnarok
  6. Pokemon Legends: Arceus
  7. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
  8. Horizon: Forbidden West
  9. FIFA 23
  10. MLB: The Show '22
METACRITIC
Elden Ring: 96 (PS5/Xbox Series X|S)
Portal Companion: 96 Collection (Switch)
Postal 4: No Regerts: 30 (PC)

NEW IP vs NEW RELEASES

SONY
: 5 NR vs 0 NIP
Xbox (incl. Bethesda): 4 NR vs 4NIP
Nintendo: 10 NR vs 0 NIP
Electronic Arts: 6 NR vs 0 NIP
Take-Two: 9 NR vs 3 NIP
Ubisoft: 4 NR vs 1 NIP
Activision Blizzard: 3 NR vs 0 NIP