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Core gamers to grow game industry revenues to $70B by 2017 – analyst

Revenues for video game software around th world and across all platforms — console, PC, web, and mobile — will grow from $52 billion in 2011 to $70 billion in 2017, according to new a study. Market research firm DFC Intelligence admits that new and casual audiences are expanding the industry, but it argues that “core gamers,” or male consumers aged 12 to 30 years old, will drive that revenue growth as access and monetization …