Data Points: Value of Video Game Investments YTD 2024
Source: DDM Games Investment Review Executive Summary Report Q3 2024
Value of Video Game Investments/M&As YTD 2024 (Q1-Q3):
$10.4B across 726 investments
2024’s YTD $10.4B Investments/M&As Already a Stronger Year than 2023
The DDM Games Investment Review Q3 2024 is available at http://ddm.agency/GIRQ324.
2024 has been on par for games investments and M&As totaling $10.38B across 726 transactions (+<1% in value compared to 2023’s Q1-Q3’s $10.36B). However, from the increased volume across investments and M&As (2024’s 726 transactions or +16% in volume compared to 2023’s Q1-Q3’s 632 transactions), the games industry shows signs of recovery:
- 2024 YTD investments totaled $6.7B across 593 investments (+89% in value and +13% in volume over 2023’s Q1-Q3’s $3.5B over 523 investments); 2024 YTD investments now surpass 2023’s full-year investment total of $4.5B across 680 investments
- 2024 YTD M&As totaled $3.7B across 133 transactions (-46% in value and +22% in volume over 2023’s Q1-Q3’s $6.8B over 109 transactions); while volume increased, the large decrease in value can be attributed to the lack of an M&A deal that is large-scale like Scopely’s $4.9B acquisition in 2023’s Q1-Q3 (71% of the M&A value)
- 2024 YTD IPOs totaled $3.1B in combined market capitalizations across 5 IPOs (+502% in value and -44% in volume over 2023’s Q1-Q3’s $507.3M over 9 IPOs); volume is down significantly, but is consistent with pre-2020
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