Gaming Industry Survey 2022 What’s possible for the gaming industry in the next dimension?Gaming companies are entering a new dimension, no longer bound by place, time or physical reality Since its inception decades ago, the video gaming industry has grown with stunning speed. Over the last ?ve years in particular, it has experienced signi?cant expansion as users worldwide play games of all types across a variety of platforms. Video gaming is also on the verge of a major transformational shift due to the emergence of the metaverse — a shared, persistent, three-dimensional (3D) virtual realm where users interact with objects, the environment and each other through digital representations of themselves or avatars. While many believe that the metaverse will eventually be pervasive throughout society, including in the business world and on social media, gaming has quickly become a ?rst mover in this space. With this in mind, we recently surveyed a group of executives from leading gaming companies to gain their insights about the impact of and outlook for the metaverse. The state of the gaming industry An estimated 2