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Digital games industry revenue in the United States in 2016, by game category (in million U.S. dollars)

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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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Customer preferred gaming platforms according to gaming companies worldwide as of August 2016Customer preferred gaming platforms according to gaming companies worldwide 2016
Number of video gamers worldwide in 2016, by region (in millions)Number of video gamers worldwide 2016, by region

U.S. overview

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Value of the video game market in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)Value of the video game market in the U.S. from 2011-2020
Total and segment revenue of the U.S. video game industry from 2010 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)Annual revenue of the U.S. video game industry from 2010 to 2016, by segment
Retail revenue of the U.S. video game industry from August 2015 to August 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Revenue of the U.S. video game industry 2015-2017
Consumer spending on gaming in the United States from 2010 to 2016, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)Consumer spending on gaming in the U.S. from 2010 to 2016, by segment
Monthly number of game console users in the United States from 2nd quarter 2012 to 1st quarter 2017 (in millions)Number of game console users in the U.S. 2012-2017
Gaming penetration among children in the United States in 2011, 2013 and 2015Gaming penetration among children in the U.S. 2011-2015
Digital games industry revenue in the United States in 2016, by game category (in million U.S. dollars)Digital games industry revenue in the U.S. 2016, by category
Gaming services and platform subscription penetration among gamers in the United States as of December 2016Gaming subscription reach in the U.S. 2016

Market leaders

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Revenue of the largest computer and video game publishers worldwide in 2015 (in billion euros)Revenue of the largest video game publishers worldwide in 2015
Nintendo's revenue from fiscal 2016 to 2017, by product (in million Japanese yen)Nintendo: revenue 2016-2017, by product
Nintendo's net income from fiscal 2008 to 2017 (in thousands of U.S. dollars)Nintendo: net income 2008-2017
Microsoft's revenue from 2012 to 2017 financial years, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)Revenue of Microsoft broken down by segment 2012-2017
Microsoft's net income from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Net income of Microsoft 2002-2017
Sony's revenue worldwide by segment fiscal years 2012 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*Sales and revenue of Sony worldwide by business segment 2012-2017
Sony's net income from 2008 to 2017 (in 100 million Japanese yen/million U.S. dollars)Sony Corporation's net income 2008-2017
Gaming brand recognition among gamers in the United States as of December 2016Gaming brand recall in the U.S. 2016

Hardware market and ownership

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Global revenue of the home consoles hardware market from 2014 to 2018 (in billion euros)Global home consoles hardware sales 2014-2018
Global revenue of the handheld consoles hardware market from 2014 to 2018 (in billion euros)Global handheld consoles hardware sales 2014-2018
Video game console sales worldwide for products total lifespan as of September 2017 (in million units)Lifetime global unit sales of video game consoles as of September 2017
Which home consoles do you have?Home console brand ownership among gamers in the U.S. 2016
How much did you spend on hardware/consoles over the last 12 months?Amount spent on gaming hardware according to U.S. gamers 2016
Hardware revenue of the U.S. video game industry from August 2015 to August 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Monthly hardware revenue of the U.S. video game industry 2015-2017
Console unit sales of the Nintendo Wii and Wii U from 2007 to 2017 (in million units)Nintendo Wii and Wii U console sales 2007-2017
Unit sales of Sony's gaming entertainment systems worldwide from 2011 to 2016 (in millions), by quarter*Sony unit sales of hardware entertainment systems 2011-2016, by quarter

Software

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Physical retail sales of computer and video games in the United States from 1996 to 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)Physical retail sales of video games in the U.S. 1996-2015
Software revenue of the U.S. video game industry from July 2015 to July 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Software revenue of the U.S. video game industry 2015-2017
Genre breakdown of video game sales in the United States in 2016Genre breakdown of U.S. video game sales in 2016
All-time best-selling console games based on global unit sales as of February 2017 (in million units)All-time best selling console games worldwide 2017, based on unit sales
Top selling Nintendo Wii titles worldwide as of March 2017 (in million units)Nintendo Wii - top selling titles worldwide in 2017
Top selling Nintendo DS titles worldwide as of March 2017 (in million units)Nintendo DS - top selling titles worldwide in 2017
Top selling Nintendo 3DS titles worldwide as of March 2017 (in million units)Nintendo 3DS - top selling titles worldwide in 2017
Most played games on Steam in 2016, by peak number of concurrent players (in 1,000s)Most played games on Steam 2016, by peak player count

Consumer behavior

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Percentage of consumers who have ever played video games in the United States as of July 2015Share of U.S. consumers playing video games 2015
Percentage of teenagers who play video games in the United States as of March 2015, by genderTeen video game players in the U.S. 2015, by gender
Monthly time spent per capita with a game console in the United States from 2nd quarter 2014 to 1st quarter 2017 (in minutes)Time spent with a game console in the U.S. 2014-2017
Average daily time spent playing games on selected consoles by their users worldwide as of 2nd quarter 2016 (in minutes)Daily time spent with selected consoles by their users worldwide 2016
Leading sources used to purchase or download video games according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016Leading locations for video game purchases in the U.S. 2016
Number of paid PC games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016Paid PC games possession in the U.S. 2016
Number of paid home console games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016Paid home console games possession in the U.S. 2016
Most played genres of home console games according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016Favorite genres of console games played in the U.S. 2016

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