By Jad Malaeb, Benzinga
New Castle County, Delaware
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The gaming market is booming. In 2021, with revenues exceeding $200 billion, it was officially bigger than North American movies and sports combined. By comparison, the global film industry, including home/mobile entertainment checked in $100 billion in revenue, and North American sports brought in around $78 billion.
Before our eyes, boosted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the rise of the Metaverse concept, a huge media industry has developed, with the gaming industry adding over $50 billion in value in just two years to grow from $162.4 billion in 2019 to $214.2 billion in 2021.
Most importantly, games have begun to define the world we all live in.
It’s not just about games anymore
The game fits right into the fold of some of the biggest tech trends in the industry, including Metaverse (Roblox), Web3 (AxieInfinity), Virtual Reality (Pistol Whip), Artificial Intelligence (AI Dungeon) and augmented reality (Pokemon Go).
Games gave us tools that are now widely used in design, film, architecture, automotive, defense, medicine, and other industries. Consider Unreal Engine, a computer graphics program developed by Epic Games that is responsible for creating popular games like Fortnite, rocket league and armament of war. Unreal Engine’s 3D generation technology has been used in over 160 major movies, including mega-movies like Ford versus Ferrari and even Netflix series like Dead Love + Robots.
Porsche, Volvo and Rivian all use game simulations generated by Unreal Engine to improve security and test automated functions. Zaha Hadid Architects integrated Unreal Engine gendered VR visualization technology throughout its design process. Surgeons use Unreal Engine for VR training.
Games have also become a new way to socialize and have fun. In 2019, Epic Games tested the concept of virtual concerts with DJ Marshmellow, an experience that appealed over 10 million visitors. Epic Games continued this successful experiment by hosting a virtual Travis Scott concert on Fortnite. The event attracted more than 12 million simultaneous players and generated $20 million in merchandise sales. Epic Games’ intimate knowledge of niche technologies such as AR and motion graphics has made it a valuable partner for professional artists.
Games, with their immersive experiences and virtual objects, are also paving the way for the metaverse and the next level of digital advertising and brand presence. Unreal Engine, for example, helps create ultra-realistic humans for the digital world. Balenciaga presented a capsule collection in collaboration with Epic Games’ Fortnite – both in the virtual and physical worlds.
The gaming industry has actually developed a 3D interface that will be used even by those who don’t play games. According to Dmitry Belousov, CEO of Dizraptor A pre-IPO investment app, the Metaverse is the same technology that today’s Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon are built on, but more advanced:
“In the future, we will all move to this new level of technology. And the beneficiaries of this transition will be the few who know how to create such technology – Unity, Roblox, Epic Games. The last one is particularly promising. They’ve already builds an advanced Fortnite metaverse, and the tool it was built on is used all over the world.”
The way to enter this trend
The continued expansion of the gaming industry is expected to grow the market to $321 billion by 2026, according to PwC’s Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-26. It’s reasonable to assume that game studios will play a big part in this growth. The problem is this: there are very few disruptive game design companies that are available for public investment.
Fortunately, Dizraptor is helping to change that. As a platform showcasing pre-IPO companies, Dizraptor is a gateway to investing in private tech giants. The app’s portfolio has featured some of the biggest pre-IPOs, including those of Airbnb, Lemonade (which soared to 139% immediately after its IPO), DigitalOcean and Coursera.
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