Gamer globe: The top 100 countries by 2014 game revenue
Gamers will spend $82 billion in 2014 on Clash of Clans, FIFA 2014, and millions of other games.
The 32 World Cup countries have 734M gamers & will spend $55B on games in 2014
Newzoo ranked the participating World Cup countries according to how much gamers spend. Let's put it this way: U.S. soccer fans would be ecstatic if the results of the actual competition mirrored global gamer finances.
Global game business is booming, but physical store sales may ‘evaporate’ by 2015
Market researcher Newzoo makes bold predictions about shifts in gaming, which will hit $102.9B by 2017.
Asia will account for 82 percent of the $6B global game-market growth this year
PC games will be the largest category with 40 percent of revenues.
247 game companies generate more than $1M in mobile revenue in the U.S. alone
But three top mobile-game publishers are tightening their grip on the top rankings.
Google Play store overtakes iOS in Germany and Spain
Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga still dominated in January revenues.
Americans will spend $20.5B on games in 2013, with 65% of that via digital channels
Newzoo's infographic shares statistics about gamers in the U.S.A.
Mobile growth will fuel global game market that hits $86.1B by 2016
Smartphone and tablet games are growing fast while console games are losing share.
The DeanBeat: After Zynga’s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in 2012
Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga's sinking market value crushed valuations.
Newzoo warns of a gap between investor thinking and game-market opportunities
Investors are worried about the U.S. retail game market. But overall game-industry sales are at $68 billion, growing 7 percent a year.