вЂњCall of DutyвЂќ franchise, and Mojang StudiosвЂ™ вЂњMinecraft,вЂќ which is owned by Microsoft. вЂњI think the biggest games in 2022 are going to be the biggest games from 2021, that were the biggest games from 2020,вЂќ NPD Group analystВ Mat Piscatella said, citing examples like Epic GamesвЂ™ вЂњFortnite,вЂќ Roblox Inc.вЂ™s +0.72% did after its bug-plagued 2020 release of вЂњCyberpunk 2077.вЂќ Publishers are more likely to keep updating their older games with fresh downloadable content to keep making money from previously successful releases. Games themselves will also be a big issue, as many major releases have faced delays, with no publisher wanting to experience the same fan and media heat as CD Projekt SA Ward said he expects вЂњthat there will be a return to normalcy and a substantial minority of the people that were first-time gamers go back to being non-gamers, and a substantial minority of the people who became much more intensive gamers will go back to spending their time and money doing other pursuits beyond gaming, that there will be something of a slowdown inherent in that.вЂќ вЂњIn my models and discussions with folks, weвЂ™re certainly thinking that life will return to something more normal, especially in countries where the vaccination rates are over 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% in some cases,вЂќ Ward told MarketWatch in an interview.ДЄlso read: For the videogame industry to grow, it needs to first grow up While 11% is still pretty healthy growth, Ward also expects a more вЂњdramaticвЂќ flattening in 2022, when he forecasts revenue of $256.43 billion, or only 2% growth.ДЄ lot of that expected flattening has to do with the assumption that the worst of COVID-19 has passed, and that even with variants like delta and omicron popping up, stay-at-home conditions will not go back to what was seen in 2020 and early 2021.

Overall, Ward estimates worldwide gaming revenue will rise 11% to $251.39 billion in 2021, compared with 2020вЂ™s surge of 24% to $226.84 billion.

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