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GamesIndustry year in Review

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GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2022

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2022 has been a busy year for GamesIndustry.biz (and continues to be so. Could the news slow down please? It's nearly Christmas). Brendan has already taken an in-depth look at the biggest stories of the past twelve months in This Year In Business, but it's time to look at good ol' statistics.

Yes, it's our annual Year In Numbers infographic in which we condense everything you need to know about where the global games industry stands into a single (but very long) JPG. In the graphs and tables below you'll find:

  • The global games market value (courtesy of Newzoo)
  • Total boxed vs digital revenues (also via Newzoo)
  • The biggest mobile games, publishers and countries, both by revenue and downloads (thank you, Sensor Tower)
  • The best-selling games in the UK (from GfK), US (from The NPD Group) and Japan (from Famitsu)
  • The most covered games and companies (provided by ICO)
  • The biggest influencers, most watched trailers, most tweeted/retweeted games, and the titles with the most retail placements (courtesy of Fancensus)
  • Plus, our own tallies of the highest and lowest rated games of the year, and the number of new releases vs new IP from the biggest publishers
So, without any further ado, GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2022
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$184.4 bn (-4.3% YoY)
  • Mobile Games: $92.2 bn (50%)
  • Console Games: $51.8 bn (28%)
  • Downloaded/Boxed PC Games: $38.2 bn (21%)
  • Browser PC Games: $2.3 bn (1%)
$10.7 bn vs $173.8bn

Total Market Revenue: 5.8% Boxed vs 94.2% Digital

PC Boxed: 2% vs 98% digital
Console Market: 28% boxed vs 72% digital
Source: GFK Entertainment Jan 2-Dec 3 2022
  1. FIFA 23
  2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  3. Pokémon Legends: Arceus
  4. Horizon: Forbidden West
  5. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
  6. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  7. Mario Kart 8: Deluxed
  8. God of War: Ragnarok
  9. Nintendo Switch Sports
  10. Elden Ring
Source: Famitsu Dec 7 2021-Dec 4 2022
  1. Splatoon 3
  2. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
  3. Pokémon Legend Arceus
  4. Kirby and The Forbidden Land
  5. Nintendo Switch Sports
  6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  7. Minecraft: Switch Edition
  8. Mario Party Superstars
  9. Super Smash Bros Ultimate
  10. Elden Ring
Source: The NPD Group Jan 1-Dec 26 2022
*Digital not included
*Xbox & Switch digital not included
  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  2. Elden Ring
  3. Madden NFL 23
  4. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  5. God of War: Ragnarok
  6. Pokemon Legends: Arceus
  7. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
  8. Horizon: Forbidden West
  9. FIFA 23
  10. MLB: The Show '22
Elden Ring: 96 (PS5/Xbox Series X|S)
Portal Companion: 96 Collection (Switch)
Postal 4: No Regerts: 30 (PC)
SONY: 5 NR vs 0 NIP
Xbox (incl. Bethesda): 4 NR vs 4NIP
Nintendo: 10 NR vs 0 NIP
Electronic Arts: 6 NR vs 0 NIP
Take-Two: 9 NR vs 3 NIP
Ubisoft: 4 NR vs 1 NIP
Activision Blizzard: 3 NR vs 0 NIP
Top Games Publishers by worldwide downloads
  1. Azur Interactive Games (1.1m)
  2. Embracer Group (1.1m)
  3. Supersonic Studios (1.1m)
  4. SayGames (935k)
  5. Miniclip (931k)
Top Games by worldwide downloads
  1. Subway Surfers (275k)
  2. Garena Free Fire (245k)
  3. Stumble Guys (174k)
  4. Ludo King (165k)
  5. Roblox (163k)
Top Countries by worldwide downloads
  1. India (8.9m)
  2. US (4.4m)
  3. Brazil (4.2m)
  4. Indonesia (3.2m)
  5. Russia (2.4m)
Top Games publishers by worldwide consumers spending
  1. Tencent ($6.8 bn)
  2. Activision Blizzard ($2.5 bn)
  3. NetEase ($2.4 bn)
  4. Playrix ($2 bn)
  5. Take-Two Interactive ($ 2 bn)
Top Games by consumers spending
  1. Honor of Kings ($2.5 bn)
  2. PUBG Mobile* ($1.9 bn) *includes Games for Peace in China
  3. Genshin Impact ($1.7 bn)
  4. Candy Crush Saga ($1.2 bn)
  5. Roblox ($1 bn)
TOP Countries by worldwide consumer spending
  1. US ($20.8 bn)
  2. Japan (14.2 bn)
  3. China** ($13.4 bn)
  4. South Korea ($5.2 bn)
  5. Taiwan ($2.3 bn)
**Includes App Store and Google Play online, excludes third-party Android marketplace.
Most Covered Games (source: ICO)
  1. Elden Ring
  2. Fornite
  3. Genshin Impact
  4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  5. The Last of Us: Part 2
  6. Minecraft
  7. Cyberpunk 2077
  8. Horizon: Forbidden West
  9. Overwatch 2
  10. God of War: Ragnarok
  11. League of Legends
  12. Apex Legends
  13. FIFA 23
  14. PUBG
  15. Destiny 2
Most Covered Companies (source: ICO)
  1. Nintendo
  2. Microsoft
  3. Sony
  4. Ubisoft
  5. Epic Games
  6. Twitch
  7. Activision Blizzard
  8. Sega
  9. Valve
  10. Bethesda
Most Viewed Game Trailers (source: Fancensus)
  1. League of Legends 2022 season cinematic (139.7m)
  2. Poppy Playtime Chapter 2 official game trailer (54.1m)
  3. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Banda MS Music Video (38.2m)
  4. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Worldwide Reveal (29.5m)
  5. Fortnite All Battle No Build (27.8m)
  6. Fortnite Chapter 3 season 4 cinematic (26.2m)
  7. League of Legends Lil Nas X: Star Walkin' [League of Legends Anthem] (24.7m)
  8. Fortnite Frozst Survival by SawYair (24.1m)
  9. Fortnite Zero Build gameplay trailer (23.2m)
  10. Fortnite Racing map codes (20.6m)
MOST Discussed Games on Twitter (source: Fancensus)
  1. Genshin Impact
  2. Final Fantasy XIV
  3. Elden Ring
  4. Splatton 3
  5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  6. Sonic Frontiers
  7. Overwatch 2
  8. God of War: Ragnarok
  9. Pokemon Scarlet
  10. Apex Legends
  11. Stray
  12. Pokemon Violet
  13. Street Fighter 6
  14. King of Fighters 15
Top Youtube Influencers (source: Fancensus)
  • Aphmau
  • Compot
  • Flamingo
  • LankyBox
  • ItsFunneh
 
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Not sure why gameindustry decided to do this without including the huge month of December...
 
Man, Apex mobile was a giant bomba, wasn't it?

I wonder what went wrong, when the console version was so successful right out of the gate?
 
I think the US chart is physical+digital (with the usual exceptions) so it's wrongly labeled in OP.

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Also the japanese chart is suspect.
Currently, speaking of physical sales, Elden Ring for PS4 is at 10th spot however as is presented without SKUs or warning that it is SKU based it should be considered combined with the PS5 version and thus it should be placed higher (probably 7th or 8th).
The publisher for Elden Ring is also wrong (Bamco doesn't publish the game in Japan!).
 
Cross-posting from the UK thread:

Best-selling games of 2022 at UK retail (as of Week 48), GfK data:
1. FIFA 23
2. Call of Duty Modern Warfare II - 395.000
3. Pokemon Legends Arceus
4. Horizon Forbidden West
5. Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - 352.000+
6. LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. God of War Ragnarok - 254.000+
9. Nintendo Switch Sports
10. Elden Ring
 
Lelouch0612 said:
Cross-posting from the UK thread:

Best-selling games of 2022 at UK retail (as of Week 48), GfK data:
1. FIFA 23
2. Call of Duty Modern Warfare II - 395.000
3. Pokemon Legends Arceus
4. Horizon Forbidden West
5. Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - 352.000+
6. LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. God of War Ragnarok - 254.000+
9. Nintendo Switch Sports
10. Elden Ring
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These Horizon PS5 bundles are really helping Forbidden West.

Must be close to 10M because of that.
 
Celine said:
Also the japanese chart is suspect.
Currently, speaking of physical sales, Elden Ring for PS4 is at 10th spot however as is presented without SKUs or warning that it is SKU based it should be considered combined with the PS5 version and thus it should be placed higher (probably 7th or 8th).
The publisher for Elden Ring is also wrong (Bamco doesn't publish the game in Japan!).
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Sorry for the double post but it seems like they are only using Famitsu as their source so perhaps that’s it.
 
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