In 2021, the industry grew to approximately US$198.5 billion.
It is expected that by 2027 the video game sector will increase by around 141.6 million.
79.6 percent of gamers want to develop professionally in the gaming industry gaming.
The video game industry continues to grow, especially in the merger and acquisition of brands. This Monday it was announced that Sega bought Rovio and now they become the new owners of the Angry Birds game.
It is estimated that video games have a market value in 2021 of approximately 198.5 billion US dollars and, according to a report by Mordor Intelligence, it is expected that by 2027 this will increase to around 141.6 million.
Like all industries, this one also has its leading markets; According to a study by Spanish Video Game Development, China leads the world market, with revenue in 2021 of more than 46 billion US dollars from the sale of games, consoles and other related components.
Sega buys Rovio
This Monday it was reported that SEGA bought Rovio, one of the most important mobile game studios, for a price of 775 million dollars.
According to information from media such as The Wall Journal, this movement was made by Sega Sammy, who was the one who published an official document announcing this movement, although not for the amount mentioned.
Likewise, it was announced that the total amount of the purchase will be close to 775 million dollars and this will make them the new owners of the ‘Angry Birds’ franchise.
According to the information shared, in the papers we can read that SEGA’s plan is to take advantage of the study to power the following fiscal years, where it is expected that by 2026 the mobile game market can generate up to 263 billion dollars.
This acquisition not only means a great movement in the industry, but the SEGA company aims to take advantage of Rovio’s development capabilities and experience in the operation of mobile games, “to accelerate the development of versions compatible with mobile devices and cross-platform of SEGA’s existing game IPs, thereby further strengthening and accelerating the global expansion of SEGA’s game portfolio.”
It was learned that said offer was made specifically by the European division, where it added that it is 9.25 euros per share.
With this, Sega remains a big name in the video game sector, where according to its monthly report in the last fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, 75.8 billion Japanese yen in revenue from its Pachislot and Pachinko business segment. Where the company’s biggest revenue generator was its entertainment content business, which pulled in 235.9 billion yen in annual net sales.
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