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Console/PC Games Investment Report

A retrospective look at the 2023 Console/PC segment:

  • Console/PC investments and M&As totaled $69.5B across 200 transactions (+612% in value and -25% in volume compared to 2022’s $9.7B across 267 transactions), marking the largest year for the Console/PC segment and was 2x larger than the last 5 years combined (2018-2022) due to Microsoft’s colossal $68.7B acquisition of Activision Blizzard
  • Without the acquisition, the Console/PC segment showed signs of trouble as it would have totaled $769.2M across 199 transactions (-92% in value and -25% in volume compared to 2022’s $9.7B across 267 transactions); this is the second consecutive year of declined value and volume and would have been the lowest yearly value across the past six years

Read more in the free Console/PC Games Investment Report.


Games Investment Review
Q2 2024

  • Games Investments Show Momentum with Q2 2024’s $3.0B and 222 Deals
  • Q2’s 222 Investments is Highest Investment Volume in Nearly 2 Years
  • H1’s $5.2B in Investments Surpasses 2023’s Annual Value of $4.5B

Read more in our free Games Investment Review Executive Summary Q2 2024 or purchase the standalone single report and transaction bundle with the quarter’s full list of transactions in PDF and Excel for $399.


Project & Studio Financing Snapshot July 2024

DDM is proud to release the Project & Studio Financing Snapshot, a unique overview that harnesses insights for two main methods of video game financing, project or studio, from our business development and investment services teams.

Read more in our free Project & Studio Financing Snapshot July 2024.


Game Developers Investment Report

  • Q1 2024 developer investments totaled $2.0B across 127 investments (+308% in value and +43% in volume compared to Q4 2023’s $485.7M across 89 investments)
  • This 4x in value is due to Disney’s $1.5B investment in Epic Games (76% of the quarter’s value) making developer investments near 2023’s yearly developer total all within the first quarter
  • Because of 2024’s strong start, 2024 will surpass 2023’s developer investments which reached $2.3B across 444 investments, breaking a four-year decline of investment value dating back to 2021’s peak of $33.3B across 552 investments.

Read more in the free Game Developers Investment Report.


Mobile Games Investment Report

  • 2023 mobile investments totaled $1.1B across 179 investments (-69% in value and -25% in volume compared to 2022’s $3.5B across 238 investments)
  • This drastic decline in value continues a three-year decline of value and volume since mobile games investment peak of $8.3B across 233 investments back in 2021 when Applovin and Playtika both went public with a combined value of $3.9B and market capitalization of $39.7B

Read more in the free Mobile Games Investment Report.

Q2 2024 Vs Q1 2024

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H1 2024 vs H2 2023

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Video Game Investments by Value Q2 2024 ($M)

Video Game M&As by Value Q2 2024 ($M)

Video Game Investments by Segment Q2 2024

Video Game M&As by Segment Q2 2024

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Investment and M&A

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