Tough year for the video game industry: the number of gamers in 2022 will decrease by 150 million people

Portal SafeBettingSites conducted an analysis of the gaming market and made a general conclusion about the decline of interest in video games, and on all platforms. Such regression is recorded for the first time in the history of video games! According to the published data the number of gamers in 2022 will decrease by 150 million people.

The most likely reasons include the end of quarantine, employees leaving the offices, regulatory problems, and more.

In 2023, the number of users is projected to recover to 2021 numbers. By the way, the number of players is currently about 2.46 billion people.

Here's What We Know

• The market for mobile gaming will fall by 9% in 2022;
• Downloadable games this year attract 4% fewer users than in 2021. There are now 1.17 billion players, but in 2023 that number will rise to 1.22 billion users;
• Even interest in online gaming in 2022 decreased by 2%;
• Experts predict a decline to video games even in countries such as China, the U.S., Japan and the UK, which have always been leaders in the number of active gamers.