In 2024 year costs of Russian gamers on computer and mobile games reached 173 billion rubles – the market practically recovered to values 2021 year, write “Vedomosti”.
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Analysts online-schools in the gamemdev and computer graphics XYZ find out that, by the end of 2024 year, the growth of the domestic market gamemdev was in annual expression 7.5%: in in 2023 year. this indicator was 161 billion rubles. In top sales were Black Myth: Wukong, Helldivers 2 and Warhammer 40 000: Space Marine 2. Total in a year purchased video games made 67% of Russian gamers, each of them purchased in average more than three games.
Director VK Play Alexander Mikheev noted that the estimate of in 173 billion rubles for 2024 year. looks quite realistic and corresponds to the current dynamics of the market. According to him, the market is returning to values 2021 year, when its size was 177 billion rubles. The growth of spending by gamers on video games in the PC segment is confirmed and by internal data VK: turnover of games buy to play (buy and play) increased in the second semester of 2024 year. more than in 2 times year to year (absolute indicators Mikheev did not cite).
In the research gamers were those who responded that they play video games more than five hours in week. According to the Online School, there are about 25 million people in Russia. For the research, the experts asked more than 1,000people and extrapolated the results to all Russian players.
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