In-Game Gambling & Loot Boxes: Market Forecasts, Legislation & Evolution 2021-2025

The In-game Gambling & Loot Boxes research is a thorough analysis of the ways in which these increasingly important aspects of in-game monetisation are changing in response to consumer behaviour and legislative trends. It provides an in-depth discussion on these products, as well as how the in-game monetisation market is changing around them.

The report provides extensive forecasts and analysis of the future outlook for this key market segment; examining the strategies that leading video games publishers and developers are using to respond to the changing landscape.

The research includes:

• Market Trends & Opportunities (PDF)
• 5-Year Market Sizing & Forecast Spreadsheet (Excel)
• 12 months' Access to harvest Online Data Platform

Key Market Statistics

Market size in 2021:

• $17.8bn

Market size in 2025:

• $20.3bn

2021 to 2025 CAGR:

• 5.90%

Key Features

Market Dynamics: Extensive examination of different approaches to loot boxes and skins gambling; highlighting different features that are becoming part of popular games and how this fits into the overall in-game monetisation landscape.

Legislation Assessment: Analysis of existing and forthcoming legislation on loot boxes and skins gambling across several key markets, including:

• Belgium
• Brazil
• Japan
• Canada
• China
• The EU
• The Netherlands
• South Korea
• UK
• US
• 5-Year Forecasts - Loot boxes & skins gambling market prospects analysis, together with 5-year forecasts for key metrics, including loot box revenue, adoption and purchase rates across mobile, PC and console games platforms.
• harvest Digital Markets Intelligence Centre: Visualises all the data in easy to use and exportable graphs, tables, and charts, and features continuous data updates for 12 months.

Key Questions Answered

• What impact will forthcoming legislation have on the in-game gambling market?
• Where will the biggest market for this sector be?
• How can video games publishers make the most of loot boxes?
• What other market developments will affect the sector?
• What revenue will the loot boxes market generate over the next 5 years?

The Loot Box and In-Game Gambling forecast suite includes:

Loot box data for:

• Number of loot box purchasers
• Average number of loot boxes purchased per user
• Average revenue per loot box
• Loot box revenue per annum

For each of the following platforms:

• Console
• Mobile
• PC

Skins gambling data, including:

• Number of people involved in skins trading
• Number of skins listed for trade
• Value of skins listed for trade
• Number of skins listed for gambling
• Value of skins gambled

Geographical splits: 25 countries

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