Gamescom starts next week. Reason enough to take a look at the domestic market for digital games. According to game, the German games industry association, it grew by 15 percent last year. Of the 3.3 billion euros in total sales, 1.2 billion are attributable to the purchase of computer and video games. Revenues from hardware (+25 percent), microtransactions (+28 percent) and fees (+57 percent) grew significantly. However, only a small part of the industry's sales come from German games.