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.

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 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.

Children began to play more often on mobile devices. They use computers for the same purpose less and less often. This is reported by the VentureBeat resource with reference to a study by the analytical company NDP Group.

On average, players spend money in 1.6 games. Such data is provided by the analytical firm NPD Group in a study for Gamesindustry.biz .

According to analysts from the NPD Group, the share of mobile players from the total number of American gamers today is 22%. According to this indicator, mobile has overtaken the former leader – console games.