In 2023, the video gaming industry M&A value amounted to 76.76 billion U.S. dollars across 152 transactions. The console segment accounted for 68.8 billion U.S. dollars in mergers and acquisition value during the year, almost entirely due to the closing of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for 68.7 billion U.S. dollars. So far in 2024, the mobile segment accounted for the biggest value of merger and acquisition spending.
Annual value of video gaming industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide from 2013 to 2024 YTD, by segment
(in million U.S. dollars)
*Mass Community Games (MGC) are games driven by online community play. Includes MMO, MOBA, battle royale, and metaverse games. Data regarding earlier periods than Q1 2024 were previously published by the source.
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