DFC Intelligence: 3.1 billion people play video games

The main thing from the report:

• users who play only on mobile devices are the largest and fastest growing segment;
• 54% of mobile game lovers live in Asia, 17% – in Europe, 11% – in Latin America;
• Asia is also leading in the number of gamers spending money on games – 1.42 billion people. The second place in Europe is 688 million. Then comes Latin America – 383 million. And in North America, only 261 people are willing to pay for games or in them;
• only 8% of gamers prefer to play on consoles. But this group has the highest expenses per user;
• 1.5 billion people play on the PC. However, this number also includes those players who also use consoles and mobile devices.

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