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2022 CESA Games White Paper

The 2022 CESA Games White Paper serves as a comprehensive annual assessment of the global and domestic home video game industry.

• The 2022 CESA Games White Paper reports the total Japanese domestic home video game market (hardware and packaged software) at 371.9 billion yen, a slight decrease from 375.9 billion yen in 2020.
• The international home video game market reached 3.3978 trillion yen in 2021, showing growth from the 3.1316 trillion yen recorded in 2020.
• The Japanese domestic market for smart device game apps was estimated at 1.306 trillion yen in 2021, up from 1.2113 trillion yen in the previous year.