
Videos games are booming. This is hardly a secret. I’ve been talking about how the industry has seen a massive boost in the financial reports of companies like Ubisoft. I’ve pointed out that such as Activision Blizzard have been making record levels of revenue and profit, while still trying to cut costs on wages by firing experienced staff and hiring cheaper ones.
According to The NPD Group, the video games market was worth $11.2 billion in the third quarter (July to September) of 2020 alone. This marks a 24% increase in consumer spending over 2019. Games on spending have been made throughout every single category of the industry. These being hardware, accessories, physical software, digital console & PC content, mobile and subscription spending.
All areas within the video games industry has noticed…