Newzoo analysts estimate that in the first half of 2023, the ten largest public game publishers earned a total of $54.4 billion. Most of all — Tencent, Sony and Apple.
Top 10 public companies by gaming revenue for January-June 2023, according to Newzoo:
1. Tencent — $15.4 billion;
2. Sony — $8 billion;
3. Apple — $6.9 billion;
4. Microsoft — $6 billion;
5. NetEase — $5 billion;
6. Google — $5 billion;
7. Activision Blizzard* — $4.4 billion;
8. Electronic Arts — $3.8 billion;
9. Nintendo — $3.1 billion;
10. Take-Two Interactive — $2.4 billion
Newzoo predicts that the global revenue of the gaming market will total $184 billion in 2023, which is 0.6% more than last year. I.e., the above ten companies have already generated 29.5% of the total annual revenue of the market.
*On June 30, 2023, Activision Blizzard was not yet part of Microsoft.