Sony held about 57% of the market share during 2016, followed by Microsoft and Nintendo. IHS Markit estimated that worldwide revenue related to console hardware, software, and services was $34.7 billion, down about 2.5% from 2015 hardware sales were down from $12.8 billion to $10.5 billion, while software and service revenues were up.

The top ten companies brought in more than 54% of total revenues during 2016, up from 43% in 2015. Newzoo estimated that $70.4 billion of video game revenues were made by the top 25 publicly-trading companies, led by Tencent ($10.2B), Sony ($7.9B), Activision Blizzard ($6.6B), Microsoft ($6.5B) and Apple, Inc. DFC Intelligence reported similar numbers for revenues in the various sectors, and noted that mobile gaming revenues overtook both console and personal computer revenues in 2016. The firm also identified that virtual reality (VR), professional video game sports, and streaming were still growing markets in the year. Personal computer video games made up $34 billion, with $19 billion contributed from free-to-play games, and console games, retail and downloadable, were $26 and $6.6 billion, respectively. Of the $91 billion, $41 billion was attributed to mobile gaming, particularly the titles Clash Royale and Pokémon Go, with the largest mobile gaming section in Asia with total revenues near $25 billion. Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.Ģ016 games and expansions scoring at least 90/100 (MC) or 90% (GR) GameĪnalysis firm SuperData estimated that the global video game software market brought in $91 billion in revenues in 2016 this was an increase over the $74 billion estimated for 2015, but SuperData noted that their 2016 estimates included a larger data set. ^ a b Certain award presentations combine these categories.The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wineīrandon Beck and Marc Merrill ( Riot Games) Top-rated games Major awards Category/Organizationġ7th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards The top five highest-grossing video games of 2016 were League of Legends, Honor of Kings/ Arena of Valor, Monster Strike, Clash of Clans, and Dungeon Fighter Online. Top-rated games originally released in 2016 included Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Inside, Overwatch, Forza Horizon 3, NBA 2K17, Dark Souls III, and Battlefield 1. Augmented reality also became mainstream with Pokémon Go. Commercially available virtual reality headsets were released in much greater numbers and at much lower price points than the enthusiast-only virtual reality headsets of earlier generations. New hardware came out as well, albeit largely refreshed and updated versions of consoles in the PlayStation 4 Pro, PlayStation 4 Slim, and Xbox One S.

Numerous video games were released in 2016. Overview of the events of 2016 in video games

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