The record success of the domestic mobile game market… It earned 2 trillion in sales in the first quarter alone [1분뉴스]

With the domestic mobile game market sales totaling $1.55 billion in the first quarter of this year (about 2 trillion won), the mobile game market is enjoying an unprecedented boom.

According to the report “Mobile game settlement in the first quarter of 2023” released by the data analysis platform data.ai on the 9th, the number of domestic mobile game downloads was 140 million and user spending was $1.55 billion in the first quarter. . This is an increase of 15% since the previous year and 18% since the previous quarter, the highest expenditure ever.

In the case of domestic game app downloads, it fell by around 3% compared to the same period last year. However, it turned to growth compared to the fourth quarter of last year and increased by 9%, recording around 140 million downloads in the first quarter.

‘Lineage M’, ‘Odin: Valhalla Rising’, and ‘Lineage W’ were ranked in order of domestic consumer spending in the first quarter. The download rank was in the order of ‘Random Dice: GO’, ‘Heaven Burns Red’, and ‘Dangdang Commando’. The monthly active user sites are ‘Roblox’, ‘Dangdang Commando’, and ‘Pokémon Go’.

Meanwhile, the global mobile apps market also showed growth. It broke a new record by achieving $33.9 billion (45 trillion won) in user spending for both non-game and game apps. Game apps accounted for about 60% of all mobile apps with about 21 billion dollars (28 trillion won).

Reporter Yoo Chae-yeong, Hankyung.com ycycy@hankyung.com