Brazil

An Overview to Brazil's Games Market

Brazil boasts Latin America's largest games market at 30%, with Mexico following close behind at 19%.

 Latin America's largest games market &

the 11th largest globally!

• Brazil has the largest population in Latin America (207.6 million) & has the 5th largest population in the world.
• On a global scale, Brazil's games market is strong - ranking as the 11th largest gaming market.
• Brazil has long been heralded by analysts as one of the top emerging markets globally, due to population, GDP growth, overall economic growth and other key factors. (Others are found in the acronym BRIC - or BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.)
• Brazil has over 62 million active gamers, which is more than most major European markets. In comparison, France has 44 million active gamers, the UK 40 million, Italy 38 million, Spain 28 million. It is also nearly the size of Germany's gaming population, of 65 million.

62 million active gamers - Higher

than in major European markets!

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• The video games market is experiencing incredible growth in Brazil, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29% in 2017.
• Brazil's software and hardware revenue was over $1.33 billion in 2017. The software market size alone is over $850 million.
• Comparing the size of Brasil Game Show (BGS) to others globally, BGS saw 300,000 attendees in 2017, versus Germany's gamescom (350,000), the Tokyo Game Show (271,000), E3 (68,000).

Brazil has over $1.33 billion in games

revenue, with growth rates of 29%!

LAI's 2013 Interview with ACIGAMES' President Moacyr Alves 

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Mobile Games Statistics

When compared to other countries, Brazil's mobile game penetration is promising, especially when analyzed alongside anticipated annual growth rates:

• Brazil's mobile games revenue amounted to $280 million in 2017. The current mobile game market size isn't far behind Spain, which reached $360 million in 2017, or Italy, approximately $350 million in 2017.
• The current mobile market size in Brazil is encouraging, especially considering compound annual growth rates (CAGR) of 6.7% in Brazil (2017-2022), compared to Italy's 6.6% and Spain's 5.3%.
• Ubisoft's Managing Director of Latin America anticipated about 208 million mobile devices in Brazil by the end of 2017.
• Brazilian mobile gamers more likely to pay than other BRIC mobile gamers (Russia, India, China - each of which are equally exciting emerging markets for the games industry).

Brazil's mobile game revenue comparable

to Spain & Italy.

PC Gaming in Brazil

• Ubisoft's Managing Director of Latin America stated that in 2017, there were 166 million PCs in Brazil alone.
• Free-to-play (F2P) online, eSports games have always been immensely popular in Brazil.

Console Sales are Viable!

Console gaming is viable in emerging markets like Brazil! Remember that video game consoles represent nearly half of all games revenue generated by Latin America (LatAm), with a 9% yearly growth rate.

Console games represent 1/2 of

all LatAm games revenue.

• 70% of Brazilian gamers play console games.
• The PlayStation has become the most dominant console.
• Piracy and illegal console sales are not as significant a problem as in the past. Previously, legal gaming consoles were too expensive for average Brazilians to purchase. 
• However, locally manufactured consoles led to a price reduction - thereby increasing legal gaming consoles.
• In addition, taxes contributing to higher game prices have also been reduced, leading to an increase in legal video game sales.

70% of gamers in Brazil

play console games.

Latest page update: 4Q2017.