Newzoo: top 25 public companies earned $17.6 billion on games in the 1st quarter of 2016

The top 25 companies, whose income information is publicly available, earned a total of $17.6 billion in the 1st quarter of 2016. This was reported in the study by the analytical company Newzoo.

The top 25 companies account for 89% of the total revenue earned by all public companies in the world. Compared to the previous year, the number increased by 25%.

Newzoo also shared specific figures for leading publishers. The first place in revenue for Tencent, which earned $2.6 billion in the 1st quarter of 2016. Microsoft ($1.6 billion) and Activision Blizzard ($1.5 billion) are in second and third place. Apple is on the 6th place in this ranking ($ 1.2 billion), and Google is on the 8th ($0.8 billion).

Ubisoft took the first place in terms of growth rates. Over the year, the company’s revenue grew by 276%. This happened largely due to the success of Tom Clancy’s The Division.

In addition to the figures for publishers, Newzoo published information by country.

The leader in revenue from games in general and in revenue from mobile games in particular is China. The total volume of the gaming market in the country is $24.4 billion, of which mobile accounts for $ 10 billion. The USA is in second place. The total revenue from games in this country has reached $23.6 billion. Of these, mobile owns $6.8 billion.

If we talk about the ratio of income from mobile games to total gaming income, then Japan is the leader here. In this country, the total revenue from games is 12.4 billion, but mobile games account for more than half (52% or $6.4 billion) of the total market.

Source: Newzoo