Monday, March 21, 2011

Total sales of video games in 2010

Exceeded $ 33 billion in revenues VGChartz Ltd has released the sales figures of the gaming industry overall in 2010. Were taken into consideration is that sales in stores and digital. Apparently the turnover exceeded 33 billion dollars, with more than 3.2 million games purchased. The digital market has reached 7.6% of the total market, with 2.5 billion dollars in sales.

Analysts expect that over the next five years, this percentage increases dramatically. In terms of unit sales, digital platforms dominate the scene, with platforms iOS to lord it. This is due to very low prices of individual games, often given away to users. So the data is a bit 'bloated that should be analyzed in detail.

As for the PC market, Steam alone has raised $ 1 billion, reaching the size of some retail markets. The rest of the PC digital market has moved about 250 million dollars. Doing a quick calculation, Steam accounts for 80% of the digital computer. Almost a monopoly. Revenues divided by the world's software platforms.

The first value represents the revenues in millions of dollars. The second value represents the units expressed in millions. Playstation 3 (Retail) $ 7,293 147 Xbox 360 (Retail) $ 7,242 150 Wii (Retail) $ 6,830 186 PC (Retail) $ 5,000 N / A Nintendo DS (Retail) $ 2,562 129 Playstation Portable (Retail) $ 1,016 45 Steam (PC DD) $ 910 85 Playstation 2 (Retail) $ 756 19 iOS Devices (DD) $ 749 1905 Downloadable Content X360 / PS3 $ 300 n / a Non-Steam Digital Download PC $ 250 n / Xbox Live Arcade (DD) $ 135 17 Playstation Network (DD) $ 90 10 WiiWare & Virtual Console (DD) $ 86 Android 12 (DD) $ 16,465 Blackberry (DD) $ 8 54 Windows Mobile (DD) $ 7 13

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