Playing for the Planet

Revenues from mobile phone games surpassed those of console games for the first time in 2015, and are

estimated to reach $91.2 billion by 2021. 18 Brazil, India and China feature prominently. 19 The growth of gaming in most of the world’s regions is closely linked to available data speeds. Smartphone penetration is especially varied in some world regions 20 and this is anticipated to influence both the participation of gamers and the impact of games across digital divides.

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Revenues 180 US$ Billions

(Smart)phone and tablet Mobile

100

PC Browser and downloaded/boxed PC Games

Console

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2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Projected

Source: Newzoo, 2018, 2012-2021 Global Games Market; Newzoo, 2019, Global Games Market Report.

L ÓPEZ , 2019

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