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revenue of the U.S. video game industry from January 2017 to July 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Description
In July 2022, total video g
NPD Group; VentureBeat to 4.18 billion U.S. dollars
NPD Group year decrease. In general
January 2017 to July 2022 important months in Nove
software and hardware ma
United States
December 2021, total U.S
n.a. U.S. dollars.
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Full Game, DLC/MTX and Subscription consumer spending across Console, Cloud, Mobile, Portable
Birth of the video game in
Figures other than for May 2022 come from previous publications. The NPD Group
highlights that the data above represent retail revenue figures, and that there are Although the largest regio
separate estimates for video game content sold through other means. They are number of gamers , is Asi
providing quarterly estimates of those extra-retail sales, including mobile games, important player within the
downloadable content, and casual games, along with other segments. Figures have many consider the United
been rounded. No data available for missing periods. know it today, fueled by th
introduction of the first per
consoles in the ‘70s. Furth
game developers and gam
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better sound and more ad
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An ever-changing market

However, the video game

growing, it is also changin
accessibility and developm
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Description
In July 2022, total video games sales in the United States amounted
to 4.18 billion U.S. dollars, representing a nine percent year-over-
year decrease. In general, the video game industry has its most
important months in November and December as video game
software and hardware make very popular Christmas gifts. In
December 2021, total U.S. video game sales surpassed 7.55 billion
U.S. dollars.

Birth of the video game industry

Although the largest regional market in terms of sales , as well as

number of gamers , is Asia Pacific, the United States is also an
important player within the global video games industry. In fact,
many consider the United States as the birthplace of gaming as we
know it today, fueled by the arcade game fever in the ’60s and the
introduction of the first personal computers and home gaming
consoles in the ‘70s. Furthermore, the children of those eras are the
game developers and game players of today , the ones who have
driven the movement for better software solutions, better graphics,
better sound and more advanced interaction not only for video
games, but also for computers and communication technologies of
today.

An ever-changing market

However, the video game industry in the United States is not only
growing, it is also changing in many ways. Due to increased internet
accessibility and development of technologies, more and more
players are switching from single-player console or PC video games
towards multiplayer games, as well as social networking games and
last, but not least, mobile games , which are gaining tremendous
popularity around the world. This can be evidenced in the fact that
mobile games accounted for 51 percent of the revenue of the
games market worldwide , ahead of both console games and
downloaded or boxed PC games. As of 2022, the United States
accounted for 28 percent of global gaming market revenues , ahead
of second-ranked Japan with 20 percent.
Monthly revenue of the U.S. video game industry 2017-2022, by segment
Total and segment revenue of the U.S. video game industry from January 2017 to July 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Date Game Content Hardware Accessories Software Total
'11 $ 0.32 $ 0.24 $ 0.58 $ 1.14
'12 $ 0.20 $ 0.20 $ 0.37 $ 0.77
'13* $ 0.21 $ 0.26 $ 0.37 $ 0.84
'14 $ 0.24 $ 0.20 $ 0.22 $ 0.66
'15 $ 0.19 $ 0.21 $ 0.24 $ 0.63
'16 $ 0.16 $ 0.19 $ 0.27 $ 0.64
'17 $ 0.13 $ 0.22 $ 0.34 $ 0.69
'18 $ 0.28 $ 0.30 $ 0.52 $ 1.10
'19 $ 0.20 $ 0.27 $ 0.45 $ 0.92
'20 $ 0.13 $ 0.24 $ 0.31 $ 0.68
'21 $ 4.26 $ 0.32 $ 0.22 $ 4.80
'22 $ 4.11 $ 0.39 $ 0.19 $ 4.68
'11 $ 0.47 $ 0.26 $ 0.60 $ 1.33
'12 $ 0.38 $ 0.22 $ 0.47 $ 1.06
'13 $ 0.24 $ 0.21 $ 0.35 $ 0.81
'14 $ 0.35 $ 0.22 $ 0.32 $ 0.88
'15 $ 0.38 $ 0.24 $ 0.34 $ 0.96
'16 $ 0.29 $ 0.19 $ 0.40 $ 0.92
'17 $ 0.20 $ 0.21 $ 0.40 $ 0.81
'18 $ 0.32 $ 0.29 $ 0.40 $ 1.01
'19 $ 0.28 $ 0.31 $ 0.48 $ 1.06
'20 $ 0.18 $ 0.27 $ 0.31 $ 0.76
'21 $ 4.07 $ 0.41 $ 0.19 $ 4.67
'22 $ 3.91 $ 0.30 $ 0.18 $ 4.38
'10 $ 0.44 $ 0.21 $ 0.88 $ 1.52
'11 $ 0.49 $ 0.24 $ 0.74 $ 1.47
'12 $ 0.32 $ 0.22 $ 0.56 $ 1.10
'13 $ 0.22 $ 0.22 $ 0.56 $ 0.99
'14 $ 0.39 $ 0.22 $ 0.41 $ 1.02
'15 $ 0.31 $ 0.26 $ 0.39 $ 0.97
'16 $ 0.25 $ 0.21 $ 0.59 $ 1.09
'17 $ 0.49 $ 0.31 $ 0.68 $ 1.48
'18 $ 0.33 $ 0.37 $ 0.61 $ 1.32
'19 $ 0.28 $ 0.35 $ 0.55 $ 1.19
'20 $ 0.46 $ 0.40 $ 0.74 $ 1.60
'21 $ 4.71 $ 0.68 $ 0.30 $ 5.69
'22 $ 4.11 $ 0.52 $ 0.23 $ 4.85
'10 $ 0.25 $ 0.12 $ 0.40 $ 0.77
'11 $ 0.28 $ 0.15 $ 0.50 $ 0.93
'12 $ 0.19 $ 0.15 $ 0.29 $ 0.66
'13 $ 0.11 $ 0.13 $ 0.25 $ 0.50
'14 $ 0.19 $ 0.16 $ 0.23 $ 0.58
'15 $ 0.18 $ 0.16 $ 0.26 $ 0.60
'16 $ 0.14 $ 0.12 $ 0.29 $ 0.58
'17 $ 0.20 $ 0.19 $ 0.32 $ 0.70
'18 $ 0.23 $ 0.24 $ 0.36 $ 0.82
'19 $ 0.16 $ 0.26 $ 0.43 $ 0.85
'20 $ 4.08 $ 0.42 $ 0.22 $ 0.66 $ 4.72
'21 $ 4.27 $ 0.30 $ 0.17 $ 4.73
'22 $ 3.84 $ 0.34 $ 0.15 $ 4.34
'10 $ 0.24 $ 0.12 $ 0.47 $ 0.82
'11 $ 0.23 $ 0.11 $ 0.38 $ 0.72
'12 $ 0.14 $ 0.12 $ 0.26 $ 0.52
'13 $ 0.10 $ 0.12 $ 0.18 $ 0.39
'14 $ 0.19 $ 0.12 $ 0.27 $ 0.59
'15 $ 0.15 $ 0.15 $ 0.20 $ 0.51
'16 $ 0.14 $ 0.11 $ 0.34 $ 0.61
'17 $ 0.15 $ 0.11 $ 0.27 $ 0.54
'18 $ 0.19 $ 0.23 $ 0.27 $ 0.69
'19 $ 0.15 $ 0.23 $ 0.26 $ 0.64
'20 $ 3.96 $ 0.23 $ 0.15 $ 0.44 $ 4.34
'21 $ 4.14 $ 0.24 $ 0.14 $ 4.52
'22 $ 3.33 $ 0.22 $ 0.13 $ 3.68
'10 $ 0.40 $ 0.17 $ 0.53 $ 1.10
'11 $ 0.36 $ 0.16 $ 0.46 $ 0.99
'12 $ 0.20 $ 0.17 $ 0.33 $ 0.70
'13 $ 0.14 $ 0.16 $ 0.30 $ 0.59
'14 $ 0.29 $ 0.16 $ 0.29 $ 0.73
'15 $ 0.31 $ 0.13 $ 0.40 $ 0.88
'16 $ 0.18 $ 0.12 $ 0.32 $ 0.65
'17 $ 0.23 $ 0.16 $ 0.34 $ 0.77
'18 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.37 $ 1.10
'19 $ 0.23 $ 0.32 $ 0.38 $ 0.93
'20 $ 4.29 $ 0.19 $ 0.21 $ 4.69
'21 $ 4.27 $ 0.40 $ 0.21 $ 4.88
'22 $ 3.79 $ 0.37 $ 0.18 $ 4.34
'10 $ 0.31 $ 0.13 $ 0.40 $ 0.85
'11 $ 0.22 $ 0.13 $ 0.34 $ 0.69
'12 $ 0.15 $ 0.14 $ 0.26 $ 0.55
'13 $ 0.10 $ 0.13 $ 0.21 $ 0.44
'14 $ 0.20 $ 0.14 $ 0.18 $ 0.51
'15 $ 0.20 $ 0.12 $ 0.22 $ 0.56
'16 $ 0.14 $ 0.12 $ 0.22 $ 0.50
'17 $ 0.18 $ 0.19 $ 0.28 $ 0.66
'18 $ 0.22 $ 0.29 $ 0.25 $ 0.75
'19 $ 0.17 $ 0.13 $ 2.43 $ 2.72
'20 $ 3.85 $ 0.16 $ 0.17 $ 4.19
'21 $ 4.06 $ 0.32 $ 0.19 $ 4.57
'22 $ 3.67 $ 0.36 $ 0.15 $ 4.18
'10 $ 0.28 $ 0.13 $ 0.40 $ 0.82
'11 $ 0.25 $ 0.14 $ 0.26 $ 0.65
'12 $ 0.15 $ 0.13 $ 0.24 $ 0.52
'13 $ 0.09 $ 0.14 $ 0.29 $ 0.52
'14 $ 0.20 $ 0.13 $ 0.23 $ 0.56
'15 $ 0.19 $ 0.11 $ 0.25 $ 0.57
'16 $ 0.18 $ 0.11 $ 0.28 $ 0.58
'17 $ 0.17 $ 0.18 $ 0.28 $ 0.63
'18 $ 0.21 $ 0.26 $ 0.34 $ 0.80
'19 $ 0.17 $ 0.12 $ 2.15 $ 2.43
'20 $ 3.68 $ 0.23 $ 0.17 $ 4.07
'21 $ 3.88 $ 0.33 $ 0.16 $ 4.37
'10 $ 0.38 $ 0.18 $ 0.61 $ 1.18
'11 $ 0.35 $ 0.16 $ 0.61 $ 1.11
'13 $ 0.18 $ 0.14 $ 0.75 $ 1.08
'21 $ 3.78 $ 0.41 $ 0.17 $ 4.36
'10 $ 0.28 $ 0.14 $ 0.60 $ 1.03
'11 $ 0.30 $ 0.13 $ 0.58 $ 1.00
'12 $ 0.19 $ 0.14 $ 0.43 $ 0.76
'13 $ 0.17 $ 0.14 $ 0.48 $ 0.79
'14 $ 0.27 $ 0.17 $ 0.35 $ 0.79
'15 $ 0.27 $ 0.16 $ 0.39 $ 0.83
'16 $ 0.22 $ 0.12 $ 0.56 $ 0.93
'17 $ 0.24 $ 0.18 $ 0.47 $ 0.89
'18 $ 0.31 $ 0.28 $ 0.98 $ 1.57
'19 $ 0.18 $ 0.23 $ 0.62 $ 1.03
'20 $ 3.38 $ 0.26 $ 0.15 $ 3.79
'21 $ 3.76 $ 0.47 $ 0.16 $ 4.39
'10 $ 1.08 $ 0.41 $ 1.45 $ 2.94
'11 $ 0.96 $ 0.31 $ 1.60 $ 2.87
'12 $ 0.84 $ 0.28 $ 1.43 $ 2.55
'13 $ 1.33 $ 0.33 $ 1.09 $ 2.74
'14 $ 1.02 $ 0.34 $ 1.07 $ 2.42
'15 $ 1.12 $ 0.28 $ 1.17 $ 2.60
'16 $ 0.72 $ 0.26 $ 0.96 $ 1.97
'17 $ 1.15 $ 0.37 $ 1.19 $ 2.71
'18 $ 1.21 $ 0.51 $ 1.07 $ 2.78
'19 $ 0.89 $ 0.40 $ 0.93 $ 2.25
'20 $ 5.21 $ 1.42 $ 0.31 $ 6.96
'21 $ 5.14 $ 0.88 $ 0.26 $ 6.28
'10 $ 1.84 $ 0.86 $ 2.37 $ 5.07
'11 $ 1.33 $ 0.70 $ 2.07 $ 4.10
'12 $ 1.07 $ 0.60 $ 1.54 $ 3.21
'13 $ 1.07 $ 0.61 $ 1.54 $ 3.21
'14 $ 1.31 $ 0.69 $ 1.25 $ 3.26
'15 $ 1.24 $ 0.64 $ 1.35 $ 3.28
'16 $ 1.00 $ 0.74 $ 1.22 $ 3.00
'17 $ 1.27 $ 0.79 $ 1.28 $ 3.34
'18 $ 1.17 $ 1.01 $ 1.31 $ 3.49
'19 $ 0.97 $ 0.87 $ 1.14 $ 2.98
'20 $ 5.73 $ 1.36 $ 0.54 $ 7.63
'21 $ 5.73 $ 1.32 $ 0.49 $ 7.55
'12 $ 0.21 $ 0.14 $ 0.50 $ 0.85
'14 $ 0.43 $ 0.19 $ 0.48 $ 1.10
'15 $ 0.31 $ 0.18 $ 0.58 $ 1.09
 '16 $ 0.23 $ 0.13 $ 0.45 $ 0.84
'17 $ 0.32 $ 0.23 $ 0.74 $ 1.29
'18 $ 0.31 $ 0.33 $ 0.76 $ 1.40
'19 $ 0.24 $ 0.15 $ 0.73 $ 3.93
'20 $ 3.78 $ 0.28 $ 0.19 $ 4.25
$ 288.21
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