Here are the countries that make up most of the $91.5B global gaming business (Spoiler: China rules)

Planet Earth spends a ton of money on video games, but it turns out that only a fraction of the countries make up the bulk of that spending.

The top 20 nations alone will spend $83 billion on video games by the end of 2015, according to intelligence firm Newzoo. That represents nearly 91 percent of the worldwide market. And, as predicted, China is on top of the United States in terms of total revenue with $22.23 billion in spending. The U.S. came in at second with $21.97 billion. And together, China and the U.S. made about as much from games as the rest of the top 20 combined. This data is important as developers look to emerging and established markets to help them make a living, and it shows that a global strategy is necessary to maximize revenues.

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