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December 24, 2021

How to invest in console and PC video games

How can investors succeed in the risky world of immersive, single player video games?


The world has gone metaverse crazy since Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his vision of a virtual future where people will work, socialise and play. Games are an obvious entry point to the metaverse. Even before Zuck waded in with his Meta vision (and the VR headsets that Nick Clegg branded “wretched”) this was a $150bn global industry, and is now likely to gain even more fuel. 

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Screenshot from Observer, Bloober Team’s 2017 dystopian horror hit. Credit: Bloober Team
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