A new Newzoo study has shown the dynamics of the cloud gaming market. It is assumed that by the end of this year, revenue from such services will reach half a billion dollars. At the same time, this area still has a lot of problems that companies have yet to solve.General data and forecasts

Newzoo analyzed the MAU of the main games on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 over the past month. The report not only shows the popularity of projects like Fortnite and GTA V in different countries, but also gives an idea of Sony’s dominance in specific regions (especially on the example of Japan).Analysts say that this year the total revenue from games in the world will be $ 159.3 billion.

Passion for sports affects the gaming preferences of gamers from South Africa, – writes Newzoo in the latest study. Four of the five most popular games are competitive.

The annual turnover of the Arab Emirates gaming market is $283 million. Half of this amount is accounted for by mobile, — the analytical company Newzoo reports in the latest study.

This year, gamers will spend $159.3 billion on games. This is 9.3% more in annual terms. The main growth factors are the pandemic and the upcoming launch of new consoles.

The coronavirus forced Newzoo to adjust the forecast for the esports market for 2020: this year, many esports events were postponed.

Newzoo analysts have prepared three forecasts for cloud market revenues until 2023. According to the most realistic, the segment’s revenue will grow 20 times by the specified year.

Newzoo analysts have made a forecast for the global esports market for 2020-2023. According to their data, this year the segment’s revenue will exceed $1 billion for the first time.

The video game market in Malaysia earned $673 million in 2019. This makes the country one of the largest gaming markets in Southeast Asia.

Newzoo CEO Peter Warman spoke at the White Nights business conference in Amsterdam. He shared his vision of the market and some figures.

“Yandex.Cash Registers” in partnership with Newzoo presented an analysis of the Russian gaming market. According to their data, the turnover of the industry in the Russian Federation has doubled in five years.

Newzoo analysts have prepared a list of trends of the outgoing year and a forecast for the next year. There are about subscriptions, money, VR and the cloud.

The video game market is growing slower than a year earlier, and slower than analysts expected.

There are almost equally many men and women playing in the world. Do their methods of choosing games differ in the West, Newzoo found out.

For the first time in history, the annual revenue of games for Android platforms will be more than the revenue from games for the App Store.

Women predominate among the mobile players in the Japanese market. This conclusion was made by analysts of the Chinese Gamma Data, based on Newzoo data.

Newzoo shared an analysis of the cloud platform market. And reflected it on the infographic.

Twitch users spent 15.2 million hours watching Teamfight Tactics gameplay in the first week since the game’s release. Thanks to this, the novelty of Riot Games can be called not only the most popular autobattler, but also one of the most popular games of recent times.

In Russia, by the end of 2019, the gaming audience will be 66 million people. Almost half of them — 28.2 million — are paying.