The Game Industry is flourishing from every point of view and it makes more and more sense, for young people looking for what to study at University and passionate about video games and creativity, to consider a career like game designer.
Data from the video game industry
In Italy alone, when we talk about videogames we count on a market of 2 billion euros and 243 million euros in 2021 (+2.9% compared to the record numbers of the year of the lock-down, which was already growing by 23% on 2019).
The data from the Iidea video game industry trade association Observatory are clear.
Italian gamers are growing rapidly: 15.5 million in total (+35%) and they are not just men (8.7 million males, but as many as 6, 8 million females). On average, they spend almost 9 hours a week gaming. The sale of the latest generation consoles has increased by 21.6% and, one could imagine it, there are many who use home consoles (6.9 million people), especially the very young.
To get an idea of the interest, just think that Milan Games Week & Cartoomics 2022 of Fiera Milano was able to close this record edition with over 105 thousand tickets sold.
While a thrift platform like Wallapop recently unveiled research that suggests vintage video games are making a comeback - from January to November, they recorded +75% of searches on their site, they say - and over 6 million Italians use second-hand platforms to buy them.
This success is reflected in the employment side of the design sector: in May 2021, the latest data available, 59% of companies in the sector planned to hire new staff in the two-year period.
