Newzoo: Games will generate $109 billion in 2017

The Earth continues to spend more money than ever on games.

Consumers around the world will push spending on video games to $108.9 billion this year, according to industry-intelligence firm Newzoo. That’s up from $101.1 billion in 2016, which is Newzoo’s revised estimate for how much the gaming industry made last year across all of its various market segments.