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German games industry (2021)

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Gamesindustry.biz article - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...erman-consumer-game-spending-amassed-usd11-bn
OG - https://www.game.de/deutscher-games-markt-waechst-um-17-prozent/#

All numbers in Euro's

2020​
2021​
YoY change
Total8,325,000,0009,757,000,000
17%​
Games Full1,169,000,0001,064,000,000
-9%​
Games Inapp3,252,000,0004,239,000,000
30%​
Games MMO163,000,000145,000,000
-11%​
HW Console Accessories Sales275,000,000306,000,000
11%​
HW Console Sales655,000,000808,000,000
23%​
HW PC Accessories1,237,000,0001,506,000,000
22%​
HW PC Sales882,000,000969,000,000
10%​
Service - Cloud72,000,00063,000,000
-13%​
Service - Library181,000,000220,000,000
22%​
Service - Play Online439,000,000437,000,000
0%​

Library is stuff like xbox Gamepass, play online is live gold and PS plus and Cloud is Stadia/Luna/PS Now.


DE Summary
Total - Up 17%
Games - Up 19% (DLC up 30%, Full Games down 9%) so DLC was 78% of software revenue up from 71% in 2020
HW - Up 18% (Console 23%, PC 10%, Console accessories, 11%, PC accessories 22%)

For context or comparison; these were the GB stats
Total - Up 1.9%
HW - Up 17.4% ( Console 32.9%, PC - 5.89%, Console Accessories - 2.43%)
 
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You can switch to English on their website for the correct translation (top right corner).

Thanks for posting by the way!
I missed that until one of their tweet but yeah, i made my life a little bit harder 😂
 
Really interesting numbers and impressive growth.

Service — Play online, especially compared to Games Full, show how lucrative these services are, and why it‘s from Nintendo‘s perspective a very good idea to increase NSO(+EP) content — and let’s be honest: prices. Obviously, this ratio won‘t be similar in all markets, though. I wonder how much all these PS4+FIFA combos contribute to this strong segment.

Games Inapp is incredible. Personally, I do not like this trend at all, but these are mighty impressive numbers!

Very interesting to compare it to other segments like movie industry, football/soccer (Bundesliga etc.), music industry etc. as well.

Sad to see the slight Games Full decline, especially in the context of overall market growth. Nevertheless, I‘m glad the video game market is that strong in Germany.
 
Overall, pure cloud gaming seems to be stagnating. Germans still prefer to own hardware, the growth numbers there with both PC and consoles are impressive.
 
30% growth for in app purchases is crazy. Do we have any idea which games are driving that? (I assume FIFA is a big one).
 
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