The video game industry exported US$ 57.6 million in 2019 and continues growing. Every 5 years a new company appears that goes out into the world. The latest success story is that of Etermax with Trivia Crack. After acquiring Performash, Máximo Cavezzani's firm plans to double its AdTEch area this year.

The video game industry has long ceased to be a little-boy thing. With one foot in the software sector and the other in cultural industries, gaming production last year billed US$ 72.2 million, according to the annual report of the Video Game Industry Observatory published in September. It is estimated that 80% of that total, about US$ 57.6 million, corresponds to income from abroad, or exports.

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