The analytical firm NPD Group has prepared a review of the gaming market of the United States of America in July 2018. According to the company, the highest-grossing game last month was the Switch-exclusive Octopath Traveler from Square Enix.

In the next 5 years, the Chinese mobile games market will maintain and strengthen its global leadership. According to the analytical company Niko Partners, by 2022 the number of gamers in China will exceed 1 billion people, and mobile games will generate more than half of all gaming revenue.

2018 has started well for the gaming business in the United States of America. In January, sales of the video game market increased by 59% and reached $ 1.1 billion. These are the best figures since January 2011, according to the analytical company NPD.

The pace of initial sales of the Nintendo Switch in the first 10 months made it the fastest-selling home gaming system in the United States, according to Nintendo.

The NPD Group company spoke about the success of the US gaming market in 2017. According to researchers, sales on the gaming market increased by 11% and reached $14.59 billion.

The second part of the online shooter Destiny in September became the best-selling video game in the United States for 2017. This is reported by the analytical company NPD.

The share of the PayPal payment system in the American gaming transaction market decreased by 7.3% last year and amounted to 24.8%.

In America, more copies of Grand Theft Auto V have been sold than any other game since 1995. This is reported by the analytical company NPD Group.

The Chinese corporation Tencent has signed a deal with Time Warner to include characters from the DC Comics universe in its mobile MOBA Strike of Kings.

The mini-console NES Classic Edition in April of this year was sold in America more successfully than the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to the company NPD Group.

The American games market in April increased by 10% to $636 million compared to last year thanks to sales of the Nintendo Switch console and games for it.

According to the annual report of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), in 2016, digital copies accounted for 74% of the total number of video games sold in America.

According to researchers, there are about 20 million unemployed men in the United States without a college degree, 75% of whom spend a significant part of their time playing video games.

Online samurai battles with Vikings and knights in the action For Honor from Ubisoft were in the greatest demand among American gamers in February.