The statistic above contains data on how much money U.S. consumers spent on video and computer game hardware, software and accessories from 2010 to 2017. In 2017, U.S. consumers spent 4.7 billion U.S. dollars on gaming hardware. When it comes to software, action and shooter games were leaders in the 2017 genre breakdown of sales.- Media & Advertising›
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The statistic above contains data on how much money U.S. consumers spent on video and computer game hardware, software and accessories from 2010 to 2017. In 2017, U.S. consumers spent 4.7 billion U.S. dollars on gaming hardware. When it comes to software, action and shooter games were leaders in the 2017 genre breakdown of sales.
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*The accessories figure includes VR.
Figures fro periods other than 2017 come form earlier reporting.
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- United States
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- 2010 to 2017
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*The accessories figure includes VR.
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