Video Gaming In Brazil
This article is about the video game-market and culture in Brazil.
The Brazilian games market is growing at a rapid pace generated $ 2.6bn of revenues in 2012 (up 32% from 2011) with the total number of gamers at 40.2million. The total time spent on games was on average 13 hours per person per week.
According the CEO of Newzoo, Peter Warman, “Brazil is possibly the fastest growing games market in the world when it comes tot total consumer spending. Its anticipated growth of 32% is way ahead of the global average of 7% and even more compared to the US with 1% and Europe +3%.”Enormous growth in the traditional console sector fueled by price drops and a flourishing economy in combination with continued popularity of online and mobile gaming are currently accelerating growth”
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