13 of the top 25 public game companies get their revenues via mobile games.
13 of the top 25 public game companies get their revenues via mobile games.
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Newzoo: Top 25 game companies captured 77% of $121.7 billion market

The top 25 public companies by game revenues generated a combined $94.1 billion in 2017, an increase of 29 percent compared to 2016, according to data collected by market researcher Newzoo.

The numbers showcase the ongoing consolidation of the industry, as growth for the top companies once again outpaced the total games market, which grew 14.3 percent from a year earlier. Together, these top 25 companies captured 77 percent of the $121.7 billion global games market in 2017.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.