Video game score will soar

June 17, 2008 The video game industry is expected to shoot from $41.9 billion in global sales last year to $68.3 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 10.3% and better than all other media sectors except for online advertising and access. Just behind those is the emerging video game advertising sector, which will go from the $1 billion level last year to $2.3 billion in 2012, a 16.7% annual growth rate. The U.S. also will lag a bit compared with global growth, with overall video game revenue growing by 7.9% annually, from $12.1 billion last year to $17.7 billion in 2012.

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