Returning Call of Duty to the World War II setting turned out to be a good idea. Call of Duty: WWII became the main driver of the growth of the video game market in the United States in November. The latter grew by 30% to $2.7 billion.
This is reported by the analytical company NPD Group.
NPD also recognized Call of Duty: WWII as the best-selling game in the United States since the beginning of 2017, and its cash collections surpassed the results of all previous parts of the series over the past 5 years.
According to the NPD Group, Activision Blizzard remains the highest-grossing game publisher this year in the States.
Top 20 games sold (retail and digital sales) in November 2017 in the USA, NPD Group
In general, in November, sales of titles for PC and consoles (including portable ones) rose by 19% to $1.2 billion compared to the same period last year.
Sales of gaming PCs and consoles at the same time rose to $1.1 billion.
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One became the driver of sales of gaming hardware in November. At the end of the month, the PS4 became the best-selling console in the US since the beginning of the year, and Xbox One sales were higher than in any previous November.
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