As the name suggests, free-to-play video games give players access to content free of charge, although sometimes payment is required to enhance in-game features. The free-to-play console games market in North America was estimated at almost **** billion U.S. dollars in 2018, but this figure is predicted to fall to almost *** million U.S. dollars by 2020.
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SuperData Research. (January 2, 2020). Free-to-play (F2P) console games market revenue worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by region (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107017/f2p-console-gaming-revenue-region/
SuperData Research. "Free-to-play (F2P) console games market revenue worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by region (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 2, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107017/f2p-console-gaming-revenue-region/
SuperData Research. (2020). Free-to-play (F2P) console games market revenue worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by region (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107017/f2p-console-gaming-revenue-region/
SuperData Research. "Free-to-play (F2p) Console Games Market Revenue Worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by Region (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107017/f2p-console-gaming-revenue-region/
SuperData Research, Free-to-play (F2P) console games market revenue worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by region (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107017/f2p-console-gaming-revenue-region/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Free-to-play (F2P) console games market revenue worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by region (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], SuperData Research, January 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107017/f2p-console-gaming-revenue-region/
