Revenues of three-dimensional games are growing by 15% per year
In 2016, gross revenue from mobile games with advanced 3D graphics increased by 15%. Such statistics are provided by the analytical company Newzoo.
The rate of increase in the profitability of games with advanced graphics outstrips the overall annual revenue growth of mobile titles by almost half — in 2016 it amounted to 8.5%.
Revenue growth and share of games with advanced 3D graphics in 2016, Newzoo
At the same time, this niche remains relatively free — the share of games with three-dimensional graphics from the total number of titles increased from 5.7% to 6% last year.
China became the leading region in the field of development and monetization of mobile graphics — out of the 200 highest-grossing titles, 134 games could boast of a technological picture, they accounted for 40% of total revenue.
For comparison, out of the 200 most profitable games for iOS and Android in the USA and Canada last year, only 45 projects can be attributed to the category of titles with advanced graphics.
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