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Digital games industry revenue in the U.S. 2016, by category

The statistic presents the estimated revenue of the digital games industry in the United States in 2016, by game category. SuperDataResearch estimated that the digital console games market would generate 2.62 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in 2016.

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The statistic presents the estimated revenue of the digital games industry in the United States in 2016, by game category. SuperDataResearch estimated that the digital console games market would generate 2.62 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in 2016.

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Release date: April 2016

Region: United States
Survey time period: 2015
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