Thanks in part to the lockdowns stemming from the spread of COVID-19, U.S. video game spending in the first quarter of 2020 reached the highest quarterly total in the country?s history.
According to a report by the NPD Group, U.S. video game spending between January and March 2020 totaled $10.86 billion ? a year-on-year increase of nine percent. Sales of video game content alone reached $9.58 billion, which is an increase of 11 percent compared to the same period last year. Physical sales were hit by the lockdowns so it was digital spending that understandably saw the most gains. This includes mobile and subscription spending.

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