In 2021, consumers in South Korea spent around 2.8 billion U.S. dollars on mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), up from around 2.4 billion dollars in the previous year. This was by far the most popular genre in terms of consumer expenditure. Open world RPGs showed the largest growth, showing an increase in spending of over 242 percent.
Consumer spending on mobile games in South Korea from 2020 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars), by mobile game genre
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Data.ai. (June 27, 2022). Consumer spending on mobile games in South Korea from 2020 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars), by mobile game genre [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362410/south-korea-mobile-game-spending-by-genre/
Data.ai. "Consumer spending on mobile games in South Korea from 2020 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars), by mobile game genre." Chart. June 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362410/south-korea-mobile-game-spending-by-genre/
Data.ai. (2022). Consumer spending on mobile games in South Korea from 2020 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars), by mobile game genre. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362410/south-korea-mobile-game-spending-by-genre/
Data.ai. "Consumer Spending on Mobile Games in South Korea from 2020 to 2021 (in Million U.S. Dollars), by Mobile Game Genre." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362410/south-korea-mobile-game-spending-by-genre/
Data.ai, Consumer spending on mobile games in South Korea from 2020 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars), by mobile game genre Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362410/south-korea-mobile-game-spending-by-genre/ (last visited May 15, 2024)
Consumer spending on mobile games in South Korea from 2020 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars), by mobile game genre [Graph], Data.ai, June 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362410/south-korea-mobile-game-spending-by-genre/