Overall spending in the industry has decreased by 13% as compared with Q2 2021.
Video game spending in 2022 has continued to decline.
Non-mobile subscription spending did increase in this period, but it was the only broad spending category to increase.
In fact, decreased mobile spending accounts for much of the decline, according to the report.
Spending on mobile games decreased by 12%.
In other categories, hardware spending decreased by 1% and accessory spending by 11%.
Increased gas prices and general inflation have make budgets tighter.
There’s also less widespread obstacles of fewer new releases and ongoing hardware shortages.
However, even with all these factors, spending is still above pre-pandemic levels.
Thepandemic broke video game spending recordsand kicked off a massive period of growth for the industry.
As the report says, the overall state of the economy will have a large impact on future months.
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