--- title: Newzoo: Global games market forecast to reach $188.8bn... description: Newzoo forecasts the global gaming market will reach $188.8 billion in 2025, representing 3.4% year-over-year growth. Console gaming is expected to drive... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/newzoo-global-games-market-forecast-to-reach-188-8bn-in-2025-gamktziis twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Newzoo: Global games market forecast to reach $188.8bn in 2025 | daily.dev og:description: Newzoo forecasts the global gaming market will reach $188.8 billion in 2025, representing 3.4% year-over-year growth. Console gaming is expected to drive... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/newzoo-global-games-market-forecast-to-reach-188-8bn-in-2025-gamktziis og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gaMktzIIS.png og:image:alt: Newzoo: Global games market forecast to reach $188.8bn in 2025 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Newzoo: Global games market forecast to reach $188.8bn in 2025 **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Newzoo forecasts the global gaming market will reach $188.8 billion in 2025, representing 3.4% year-over-year growth. Console gaming is expected to drive growth with 5.5% increase to $45.9 billion, largely due to Nintendo Switch 2 launch. Mobile gaming maintains the largest market share at $103 billion despite discoverability challenges. The global player base is projected to reach 3.6 billion players, with mobile accounting for 3 billion players. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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