Today, the global video game industry is one of the world's largest cultural industries. The market value of the video game industry is growing, and billions of players around the world enjoy video games. According to the latest published statistics, the number of players of these games has been more than 3.2 billion people, comprising about 40.5 percent of the world's population. In Iran, too, this field has become one of the most important segments of the entertainment market and the cultural and creative industries. Accordingly, based on official statistics, there are 34 million players in Iran with an average age of 23, comprising about 41 percent of the population.
Another notable point has been this industry's exceptional growth due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, statistics published for 2021 indicate that the video game market's value was more than 2 times the online film streaming market, 6 times the online music streaming market, and 8 times the box office. Overall, it can be said that after the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, video games grew substantially in terms of revenue and audience numbers.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian