Chou: $93B of the $150B gaming market comes from in-game purchases
Kevin Chou · Gamers are Entering a New Era of Monetization · Mar 9, 2020 · at 10:01
Kevin Chou, Executive Chairman of gaming blockchain company Forte, presents figures on global gaming expenditures at an a16z event.
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“The hundred fifty billion dollars I talked about earlier, ninety-three billion, or the large majority, is spent on in-game purchases of assets just like this one.”
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