Benatar: There are approximately 2.9 billion gamers worldwide
Shlomi Benatar · The $180B Industry Bigger Than Hollywood Nobody Talks About · Jul 13, 2021 · at 12:50
Shlomi Benatar discusses the massive global scale of the video game audience on the We Live to Build podcast.
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“It's like 2.9 to be exact.”
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