Elden Ring is the most popular game, video games brought in $184.4 billion, and physical copies are not so popular. Gameindustry.biz about 2022 in the gaming industry

It was a very busy year in the video game industry, and not only. Everyone is now actively summing up the results, and Gameindustry.biz has prepared infographics that collect the most interesting achievements in the world of games for 2022.

Here's What We Know

Starting the discussion with profits in the industry, we have the following figures:

• The video game market fell 4.3% for the year, but generated $184.4 billion in revenue.
• The mobile games market fell by 6.2%, but brought in $92.2 billion.
• The console market fell by 4.2%, but brought in $51.8 billion.
• Browser games on PC lost 16.7% and still managed to earn 2.3 billion dollars.
• But the overall PC games market grew by 1.8% and brought 38.2 billion dollars.

When comparing physical and digital copies of games, only 2% of PC players prefer discs. On consoles, this percentage is slightly higher - 28%. Physical copies brought publishers 10.7 billion dollars, and digital versions as much as 173.8 billion, which is more than 10 times.

The results for the best-selling physical copies of games in the UK, Japan and the US are as follows:

UK:

• FIFA 23
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Japan:

• Splatoon 3
• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Nintendo Switch Sports

UNITED STATES:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Elden Ring
• Madden NFL 23
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• God of War: Ragnarok

The best game on Metacritic critics recognized Elden Ring - 96 points out of 100, and the worst - Postal 4. Only 30 points.

Elden Ring is the game that was most written about in the media (63.642 thousand publications), followed by Fortnite, Genshin Impact and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. As for the companies, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony were the most discussed.

The overall result of mobile gaming:

Trailers that were viewed the most:

Most talked about games on Twitter:

2022 was a memorable year for everyone. We hope that in 2023 we will finally have peaceful times, where we can enjoy games and more.

Source: gamesindustry