Ampere Analysis: The Console Gaming Market reached $60B in 2021
Sony is controlling almost half of it.
By the end of this year, it will reach $61.1B.
Growth is driven by new consoles sales & subscription services.
Spendings on games, DLCs, in-app purchases went down by 1%, compared to 2020.
Sony is controlling 46% of the console gaming market. Nintendo is covering 29% (-2% from 2020), Microsoft - 25% (+1% from 2020).
Subscription services spendings out of all content spendings are about 19%. There is a major growth from 15% in 2020. In 2022 this number will reach 21%.
The popularity of boxed games is continuing to decline. In 2021 the share was lower than 30% for the first time in history. In 2022, by Ampere Analysis prediction, it will down to 26%.