Square Enix touted the success of Final Fantasy XIV in its yearly earnings report. In fact, it’s subscriptions like that, along with DLC and microtransactions, that made up the majority of revenue for the gaming industry last year.
This time of year, video game publishers and analysts are reporting the last batches of data from 2021 — Square Enix was just
in its yearly earnings report. In fact, it’s subscriptions like that, along with DLC and microtransactions, that made up the majority of revenue for the gaming industry last year.that “DLC, [microtransactions, and] subscription[s] accounted for just shy of 60% of non-mobile video game content spending in the US in 2021.” This is partially due to the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as it led to more games being delayed beyond 2021.
According to The NPD Group's Q4 2021 Games Market Dynamics report, DLC/MTX/Subscription accounted for just shy of 60% of non-Mobile video game content spending in the US in 2021. In 2016 this figure was well under half. Have to expect devs and pubs to adjust to shifting markets.As Piscatella points out, this could lead to even more of a focus on these revenue streams from gaming developers and publishers in the future. We’re not too far out from the next DLC expansion for Destiny 2, in fact.
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