In its latest report, Newzoo tried to figure out what is behind the mainstream success of HBO Max’s newest series “The Last of Us,” a faithful adaptation of Naughty Dog’s 2013 hit videogame.
In 2022, 3.2 billion players will help the global games market generate US$196.8 billion, up +2.1% year on year, according to Newzoo’s “Global Games Market Report.”
Nearly three-in-four Americans (72%) are game enthusiasts, and from those, 71% play video games, 44% watch video games, 29% engage with gaming in another ways, and 8% even create gaming content, Newzoo revealed.
In its latest “Global Cloud Gaming Report,” Newzoo estimated that 21.7 million paying users of cloud gaming services spent US$1.5 billion on these services in 2021.
In 2022, the global esports audience will grow +8.7% year on year to reach 532 million, according to Newzoo’s “2022 Global Esports and Live Streaming Market Report.”