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Study Finds Used, Online Games are King in U.S.

By james_fudge

According to a consumer spending survey conducted by research firm, Newzoo, 46 percent of gamers age 8+ in the United States spent roughly $11.64 billion USD for used games, online game subscriptions, micro transactions and digital downloads - from a total budget of $25.3 billion USD. That leaves $13.66 billion USD for new packaged retail games. The firm conducted a 13,000-respondent study in cooperation with TNS as part of the 2009 Today's Gamers Survey.

Divvied up among platform, U.S. gamers (183.5 million of us in the U.S. according to Newzoo) spent $15 billion on home consoles and handhelds, $4.15 billion on PC games, $2.78 billion on game portals (like Pogo, RealArcade, etc.), $1.1 billion on mobile devices (includes iPhone and iPod Touch), and $2.12 on MMOs.

For more data on European countries, methodologies used for the study, and a breakdown of what games and platforms are lumped together, check out the 2009 Today's Gamers Survey PDF or check out this detailed Gamasutra article. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on May 10, 2010 (boomark / email).