I was asked this on Friday

• 2021: $300 billion USD worldwide [accenture] with 2.7 billion gamers
• 2022: Microsoft most valuable “game” company 1.99 trillion, Tencent 400 billion, Sony 100 billion, Unity 13.29 billion, Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed) 5.39 billion, Epic (Unreal) raises 2 billion [companiesmarketcap]
• “Australia is home to a growing games industry. In 2021, the sector contributed $226.5million in revenue, an increase of 22 per cent on 2020, and 83 per cent of revenue is from overseas markets.” [DFAT]
• 2014: Microsoft bought Minecraft for approx. 2.5 billion [slashgear]
• 2021: Unity bought Weta Digital [NZ] for 1.65 billion [awn]
• 2021: Facebook spent 10 billion on the Metaverse [yahoo]
• 2022: Microsoft buys Activision for 68.7 billion USD [afr]