Global video game subscriptions market size 2025| Statista

In 2025, video game subscriptions are projected to generate 11 billion U.S. dollars in annual revenues, up from an estimated 6.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Video gaming subscriptions are increasingly popular, with console-based services XBox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus having millions of subscribers. Gaming subscriptions are not only limited to console and PC - in September 2019, Apple launched its Apple Arcade service.

Consumer spending on video game subscriptions worldwide from 2020 to 2025 (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Consumer spending in million U.S. dollars
2025*	11,099.1
2024*	9,712.3
2023*	8,542.9
2022*	7,807.4
2021*	7,467.7
2020	6,579.1

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