GamesIndustry published a report on the figures for the gaming industry in 2020 in the form of statistics that it found interesting. Includes estimated global market size, top-selling titles in the US, Japan and the UK, and the highest and lowest-rated games of the year on Metacritic.
2020 in games
Mobile platforms turned out to be the leader of the global gaming market in 2020. Their revenues amounted to $ 86.3 billion, which is 25.6% more than in 2019. The second place was taken by consoles – $ 51.2 billion with an annual growth of 21%. The top three were closed by the PC platform, whose revenue amounted to $ 37.4 billion (an increase of 6.2%).
In UK retail in 2020, it leads both in copies and in revenue of FIFA 21 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe closed the top three in terms of copies sold, while Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War surpassed it in terms of…