Video games in Spain

The history of video gaming in Spain dates back to the 1970s,[1] and by 2014 the country was the 10th-highest-grossing market for video games worldwide.[2] In 2018, the Spanish video game market posted a revenue of €1.53 billion, up from €1.35 billion in 2017. The country's audience of game players was 16.8 million that year; demographically, it was 59% male and 41% female. Reportedly 80% of people aged 6-to-10 played video games, while 24% of those in the 45–64 age range did so.[3]

  1. ^ Garin, Manuel; Martínez, Víctor Manuel (May 2015). "Spain". In Wolf, Mark J. P. (ed.). Video Games Around the World. MIT Press. pp. 521–533. ISBN 9780262527163.
  2. ^ Koetsier, John (June 24, 2014). "Gamer globe: The top 100 countries by 2014 game revenue". VentureBeat. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "La industria del videojuego en España" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Española de Videojuegos. May 2019. pp. 28–34. Retrieved November 22, 2019.