wraggster
August 14th, 2020, 22:10
US games spending reached another record quarterly high for the period running from April to June, according to The NPD Group.
The data firm shared a blog post today (https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2020/the-npd-group-us-consumer-spend-on-video-game-products-continues-to-break-records/) announcing that overall consumer spending on games in the US for Q2 reached $11.6 billion, up 30% year-over-year and up 7% from Q1, where $10.9 billion in games spending marked a record Q1 as well (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-15-game-spending-in-the-us-reached-a-record-quarterly-high-in-q1-2020).
Video game content made up $10.2 billion of the total, up 28% year-over-year, and was driven by sales of new physical content, digital console and PC content, mobile, and subscription spending.
Leading titles included Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, Candy Crush Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Final Fantasy 7: Remake, Grand Theft Auto 5, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, Minecraft, NBA 2K20, Pokémon Go and The Last of Us: Part 2.
As of June (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-17-ring-fit-adventure-returns-to-the-us-top-10-in-june-thanks-to-stock-increase), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game of the year so far, followed by Animal Crossing: New Horizons and The Last of Us: Part 2.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-08-10-us-games-spending-once-again-reaches-record-quarterly-highs
The data firm shared a blog post today (https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2020/the-npd-group-us-consumer-spend-on-video-game-products-continues-to-break-records/) announcing that overall consumer spending on games in the US for Q2 reached $11.6 billion, up 30% year-over-year and up 7% from Q1, where $10.9 billion in games spending marked a record Q1 as well (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-15-game-spending-in-the-us-reached-a-record-quarterly-high-in-q1-2020).
Video game content made up $10.2 billion of the total, up 28% year-over-year, and was driven by sales of new physical content, digital console and PC content, mobile, and subscription spending.
Leading titles included Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, Candy Crush Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Final Fantasy 7: Remake, Grand Theft Auto 5, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, Minecraft, NBA 2K20, Pokémon Go and The Last of Us: Part 2.
As of June (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-17-ring-fit-adventure-returns-to-the-us-top-10-in-june-thanks-to-stock-increase), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game of the year so far, followed by Animal Crossing: New Horizons and The Last of Us: Part 2.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-08-10-us-games-spending-once-again-reaches-record-quarterly-highs