Who’s Gonna Be the Next Player?

Who’s Gonna Be the Next Player?

Let’s take a quick look at what to expect from the future developments in the gaming world.

1. Mobile gaming revenue is expected to amount to 57% of the total gaming revenue by 2021.

(Source: Statista)

Convenience drives us to play on our mobile device. We can do it anywhere. Just take a ride on the subway if you don’t believe me.

Slowly but surely, mobile is taking over other more traditional forms of gaming. All this arguing among gamers over PC vs console statistics has moved the focus away from this trend. Nevertheless, mobile games are here to stay.

2. There are 209.5 million mobile phone gamers in the US in 2019.

(Source: Statista)

And the prediction is they will increase to 213 million in 2020. 82% of people say they play mobile games in their leisure time, while the other 18% admitted they do it at work too.

But how much time do they spend? 29% of US mobile gamers apparently play three to five hours a day! And bear in mind, the survey was carried out way back in 2016.

3. 82% of the digital games revenue comes from free-to-play games.

(Source: WePC)

That’s right, free games generate more revenue. League of Legends generated a revenue of $2.1 billion in 2017, topping the list of free-to-play games. People are far more willing to buy additional content than to pay for the game up front (and then wait for the three additional expansion packs).

It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about mobile, console, or computer video gaming – free games bring more profit.