Report suggests games market might see decline in 2022

A new report from Ampere Analysis suggests the global games market might not be as “recession-proof” as it might have seemed. The report predicts the market will see a decline in 2022 — perhaps not by a dramatic amount but a notable one.

The report’s graphs show that the market expanded rapidly during the pandemic, adding $39 billion in spending from 2019 to 2021. The market performance of 2021 was $191 billion, while Ampere predicts the 2022 market will reach $188 billion. Ampere suggests that the decline has multiple sources, including hardware supply chain issues and game delays, as well as the more general effects of inflation.