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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 celebrations of the Argentines after winning the World Cup continue to attract the attention of people from other nations. As an example, now they created a video game inspired by the shape of the celebrations of the Argentines.
Despite changes in technology, the video game industry reached a 2021 market value of approximately US$198.5 billion and, according to a Mordor Intelligence report, it is expected that by 2027 this will increase to about 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 a revenue in 2021 of more than 46 billion US dollars from the sale of games, consoles and other related components.
Mexico is no exception, since the importance of video games and gamers is increasing, such that the number of gamers will reach about 72.3 million at the end of 2020, an increase of 5.5 percent compared to 2019according to data from The CIU.
“Semaphore Climber”, the video game
The video game, which has become popular, was created by two young programmers who decided to launch the “Semaphore Climber”, which is a free online video game inspired by the massive and uncontrolled Argentine festivities that consists of climbing up a traffic light avoiding World Cup obstacles to the rhythm of “Muchaaachos” in 8bits.
“Do you want to go up to a very high place to celebrate? Here you can do it ”, says the website of the video game.
“It does not make you dizzy, and on the way there is beer and fernet. But watch out for the pigeons and the federal police drone. Play with one finger, the mouse, or the space bar,” she adds.
The programmers indicate that the game consists of climbing up a traffic light to score points and dodging the different obstacles that appear on the road, including Federal Police drones and flocks of pigeons. Each player has three lives and will lose one for each obstacle he fails to clear.
As users progress through the game, it is possible to meet emblematic characters such as Lionel Messi with the world cup, Diego Maradona in the form of an angel, Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez dancing and the popular “abuela la la la la la”.
It is not the first time that two young people have gone viral for creating a video game, or even public figures like Elon Musk, who created a game when he was 12 years old and now a group of people have revealed it to the public.
Or it has even been released, a new fighting video game that has drag culture as its protagonist, a bet that seeks, through bloody fights, to pay tribute to the community.
And this is how the video game industry continues to attract the attention of both creators and users that exist around the world, generating great income.
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