The video game industry is a young industry, however with its active engagement in the market as well as constant development that industry goes through, it has become one of the most profitable industries in the world, generating $ 175 billion in revenue in 2020. Apart from the huge earnings that is increasing year by year, a special feature of the video game industry is that the segments within the industry are evolving in a way where it promotes new technologies and innovations, mostly to take the video game experience to a new level. Ultimately, such developments result in an impact on other industries appropriating those same new technologies developed within the video game industry by implementing them for their own purposes. The significant impact of the industry is felt especially through consumers, who in 2020 recorded approximately 2.8 billion. In order to show the situation of Croatian consumers in the video game market, the survey collected primary data from the population of the Republic of Croatia, which are used to display and analyze consumption in the market of video games, game consoles, etc. In order to create a better picture of domestic consumption and the habits of domestic consumers, they were compared with the collected secondary data related to world consumption. However, in addition to consumption, the survey shows the attitudes and opinions of Croatian population about the video game industry and other related industries, such as eSport. The aim of this paper is to show the impact of this fast-growing industry on other industries and their technologies, but also to show the importance of the video game industry in the market through the analysis of habits of global and domestic consumers and their opinions. Clarified through the subject of the paper, which includes a review of the development of the industry from the arcade beginnings to the present day, then a review of examples of the impact on other industries as well as a survey of domestic consumers. In addition, the paper also describes the effects of the global pandemic on the industry, as well as what the video game industry can expect in the future, i.e., in its new stage of development.