Gamers are not the minority as TV and film paint them out to be. Newzoo reports there were 2.69 billion gamers in the world by the end of 2020. Growth has been steady with an average of 5.6% year-on-year (YoY) increase. 2021 figures are forecast to reach 2.81 billion gamers that will earn the global games market an estimated $189.3 billion.

Games revenues for 2020 reached over $159.3 billion with almost half of market earnings generated by the Asia Pacific region. Growth in APAC was driven by demand from its 1.5 billion gamers.