VIDEO GAME SALES DATA ANALYSIS
Data Source ; The dataset was gotten from Kaggle, contain sales of various games for (1980–2020) with 10 columns and 16327 rows. So I decided to analyze and answer some questions;
- KPI across the regions
- How well different genre have fared?
Data Quality ; I ensured that I observed every metrics used in measuring the data quality to ensure that I have a wholesome data to help solve/investigate the business problem at hand, this includes cleaning. During this routine I observed that we have two years not recorded/available in the data(2018,2019).
Data Analysis and Insights ; After observing the data quality phase it was time to make finding about the dataset at hand, in relation to the questions stated above ranging from KPI(s) to how market fared across regions.
The Total amount of Sales made Globally was 8,820,360,000 Dollars($)
Here we have the amount of sales made across all regions ranking from the regions with the highest to lowest sales respectively
The genre of games was used to measure sales with Action games topping the board with 1,720,000,000 Dollars($) and Strategy games taking last place with just 170,000,000 Dollars($).
The rate of sales each genre made in different regions. Here we observe a different situation where the Role-playing genre sees the Japan region show more interest.
Dashboard
Recommendations
- There is a need to perform an explanatory analysis to uncover reasons behind some findings.
- Action games are more profitable, so other games with dwindling sales should be marketed better to improve sales across all regions.
