In the first quarter of 2023, M&A activity in the gaming industry hit its highest point in the last three years with the value of closed deals reaching 68.7 billion U.S. dollars - however, this blockbuster quarter was down to the final closing of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Without that mega-deal, the closed M&A activity during the most recently reported quarter amounted to about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars. Regular video game M&A activity value peaked in the second quarter of 2022 with 17.3 billion U.S. dollars worth of closed deals.
Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2024
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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InvestGame, & Game World Observer. (April 26, 2024). Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame, und Game World Observer. "Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 26, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame, Game World Observer. (2024). Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame, and Game World Observer. "Value of Closed Video Games Industry Mergers and Acquisitions (M&a) Worldwide as of 1st Quarter 2024 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame & Game World Observer, Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/ (last visited May 03, 2025)
Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], InvestGame, & Game World Observer, April 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
