Weekly Reports Recap: December 13 - December 17
Blockchain games Q3 results, 8 games surpassed $8B mark & more.
This week:
Sensor Tower: Top Games by Downloads in November 2021
NPD: The US Gaming Market Revenue in November decreased
Australian Interactive Games & Entertainment Association: The Gaming Industry revenue increased twice in 5 years
SocialPeta: Top Advertisers (Creatives) of November
Sensor Tower: 8 Mobile Games hit the $1B mark in 2021
Blockchain Game Association: NFT Games earned $2.32B in Q3 2021
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Sensor Tower: Top Games by Downloads in November 2021
PUBG: New State became the most downloaded game of last month with 32M of new users. 29.7% of the traffic came from India, the US is responsible for 12%.
Garena Free Fire earned second place and 22M of downloads (+19% YoY). India is dominating here too (33.3% of overall downloads). 10.5% of downloads came from Brazil.
Clash Royale showed its best month since 2017 with 8.4M of downloads. Moreover, in November the game generated $53M of revenue - it’s the best result since April 2018.
Generally, in November users downloaded games 4.4B times. India generated 743M of downloads (17% of the overall amount), the US is responsible for 9% of the sum, Brazil - for 8%.
NPD: The US Gaming Market Revenue in November decreased
Revenue was $6.3B - it’s 10% less than a year before.
$5.13B came from the software (PC/Console/Mobile), subscriptions, and Cloud Gaming sales. Decrease to the previous year is about 1%.
Gaming Hardware sales fell down by 38% YoY to $883M. The reason lays in the next-gen consoles deficiency.
1.13M of Americans bought Nintendo Switch in November.
Accessory sales fell down by 20% to $258M.
Call of Duty: Vanguard, Battlefield 2042, and Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl became top-3 games by sales last month.
Australian Interactive Games & Entertainment Association: The Gaming Industry revenue increased twice in 5 years
In 2021 Australian companies earned $160.9M. It’s 23% higher than last year.
For the last 3 years, the revenue growth tempo was about 20%.
67% of the game industry employees are cisgender males. 23% - cisgender females. About 10% are transgender, LGBTQ+ representatives e.t.c.
Only 21% of Australian gaming studios are on the market for more than 10 years.
SocialPeta: Top Advertisers (Creatives) of November
The top three products with the largest amount of creatives are Wild Hunter: Goddess (Eskyfun), Jackpot World (BOLE GAMES), and Mafia City (Yotta Games).
The best on iOS became Kiếm Hiệp GO, while the most creatives on Android was made for 馭劍江湖. The game is available only in Hongkong, Macao, and Taiwan.
Sensor Tower: 8 Mobile Games hit the $1B mark in 2021
They’re PUBG Mobile ($2.8B), Honor of Kings ($2.8B), Genshin Impact ($1.8B), Roblox ($1.3B), Coin Master ($1.3B), Pokemon GO ($1.2B), Candy Crush Saga ($1.2B), and Garena Free Fire ($1.1B).
Roblox mobile revenue increased by 20.3% compared to the previous year. Coin Master grew by 13.8%. Pokemon GO had the best year from the launch.
Uma Musume Pretty Derby missed a little to join the “billion team”. The game so far earned $965M, launched in February and only in Japan.
There were 5 $1B+ games in 2020.
Blockchain Game Association: NFT Games earned $2.32B in Q3 2021
The number of wallets connected with games increased by 2,453% from the first dates of 2021 to the end of Q3 2021.
The volume of deals at Axie Infinity resulted in $2.5B in September.
Splinterlands became one of the most popular NFT games. The report is using interesting metric - Daily Unique Active Wallets, which was 245 thousand.
Important to mention, that market numbers are based on surveys.