10 Facts About Gaming In 2016 That’ll Blow Your Mind

7. We Spent A Combined 23.5 BILLION Dollars On Video Games In 2015

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As you'll find throughout the rest of this article, a number of comparisons to 2015 actually highlight many aspects of the gaming industry being a little worse off, but if there's one thing we still adore, it's shelling out tens of thousands of dollars for shiny new products.

Not just tens of thousands either, gaming is one of the most lucrative entertainment industries of all, actually seeing an improvement over 2014's global expenditure of 22.41 billion.

Just don't fool yourself into blindly purchasing the PS4 Pro anytime soon.

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WhatCulture's Head of Gaming.