Dear Reader:

You are viewing a story from GN Version 4.0. Time may not have been kind to formatting, integrity of links, images, information, etc.

NPD says game industry down overall, but digital sales up

by rawmeatcowboy
15 November 2012
GN Version 4.0
The following info comes from the NPD Grou...

- $2.87 billion spent on content between July and September of this year
- United States video game industry is down 9 percent for the quarter
- US went from $4.04 billion during those three months last year to around $3.78 billion
- used game/rentals are down around 19 percent
- $1.4 billion in digital sales during the quarter is actually a 22 percent increase
- primary drivers for digital growth were mobile app, digital full game downloads, and downloadable add-on content

Link