The line appears in roughly every gaming investment deck written since 2015: the video game market is larger than film and music combined. It is repeated so often that it has stopped being examined, which is a shame, because examining it reveals more about the industry than the claim itself does. The claim is broadly true. It is also constructed from three different kinds of … [Read more...] about The Video Game Market Passed Film and Music, and the Comparison Flatters Everyone
Market Analysis
Gaming Software Market Growth Is Concentrated in Games That Already Shipped
The gaming software market is the part of the industry that investors actually mean when they talk about gaming, because it strips out the hardware cycle and leaves the recurring consumer spend. Software-only estimates for 2026 land between about $205 billion and $214 billion. Add hardware and you get closer to $237 billion, which is why two people can quote the same industry … [Read more...] about Gaming Software Market Growth Is Concentrated in Games That Already Shipped
3D Gaming Technology Market Forecasts Keep Outrunning What Actually Ships
The 3D gaming technology market is one of the strangest categories in the research literature, because almost nobody who buys these reports agrees on what is inside them. Some definitions cover real-time rendering engines and middleware. Others fold in GPUs, motion capture rigs, head-mounted displays, stereoscopic panels, and the tooling around photogrammetry and neural … [Read more...] about 3D Gaming Technology Market Forecasts Keep Outrunning What Actually Ships
Mobile Gaming Trends in 2026: Web Shops, Hybrid Stacks and Flat Install Growth
Mobile will take in roughly $121 billion this year, more than PC and console combined, off a base of about 3.1 billion people who play something on a phone at least occasionally. The segment grows about 6.8%. The player count grows about 4.2%. Almost all of the difference is monetization work, and that is where the year's real changes are happening. The web shop is the biggest … [Read more...] about Mobile Gaming Trends in 2026: Web Shops, Hybrid Stacks and Flat Install Growth
Gaming Market Sets a Record in 2026 and a Single Release Explains Much of the Growth
The headline number for 2026 is the largest the industry has ever produced. Roughly $214 billion in consumer spending on games, up from about $203 billion last year, with the player base pushing toward 3.7 billion people. Every platform is green. Every region is green. On the face of it, this is a healthy market compounding at a comfortable mid-single-digit rate. Look at where … [Read more...] about Gaming Market Sets a Record in 2026 and a Single Release Explains Much of the Growth