US video games market slips 9% in 2012

MCV Staff 6th February 2013 Publishing

The total value of the US video games market declined nine per cent in 2012.

NPD estimates that the overall the sector was worth $14.8bn, down from $16.34bn in 2011.

The number includes sales of physical and digital games (the latter presumably with a bit of guesswork) as well as new and pre-owned software, rentals and DLC. Hardware and accessories is not included.

Boxed sales fell 22 per cent to $8.88bn – which a 16 per cent rise in digital sales to $5.92bn was not quite able to offset.

For comparison, the UK games market was worth 2.52bn ($3.9bn) in 2011 and just 1.598bn ($2.5bn) in 2012. At its height in 2008 the UK games market was worth 4.034bn ($6.3bn).

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