AESVI, the Italian Association of Video Games Publishers, published its annual report on the state of the national market (find it here, pdf dowload in Italian only).

Italian Video Games Market: General Overview

The Italian Video Games market accounts for 741,908,409 Euros, comprising both Console Hardware and Video Games Software, that is a +2.3% respect to previous year. The above figure could be detailed as following:

• 474,926,533 euros (64%) for video games software (both video games for PC and consoles)
• 266,981,877 (36%) for video games hardware (both home and portable consoles)