The analytical company NPD Group found out how 2020 affected the gaming habits of Americans. Among the topics covered in the report are demographic trends, the most popular platforms and features of gamers’ spending during the pandemic.

In the USA, revenue from sales of video games, hardware and accessories continues to grow. Last month, the market turnover amounted to $4.3 billion — a billion more than in August.

In the US, revenue from video games, gaming devices and accessories continues to decline. Last month, the market turnover amounted to $755 million — 34% less than in February 2019.

For the US gaming market, the year began with a drop in sales. In January, market turnover fell by 26% to $678 million. All its segments have sunk separately.

In 2019, the American gaming market totaled $35.4 billion. This includes revenue from the titles themselves (including mobile) and in-game content.

NPD and Sensor Tower analyzed the mobile games market in the USA and Canada. Audience growth in these countries is slowing down, but revenue has increased.

NPD presented a sales report on the US gaming market for the past month. Although the total turnover fell by a third, October was one of the best months for the market in the last ten years.

This year, the turnover of the US gaming market could reach $44.6 billion. This is 6% more than last year’s result.

Last month, there was a drop in sales in the American gaming market. Both the turnover of the market as a whole and the sales of all segments individually decreased.

Last month, the American gaming market generated $762 million. This amount is slightly higher than his income in July last year.

This is 18% more than a year earlier.

The main game on the US market in August was Madden NFL 19. The simulator of American football, released on the eve of the start of the real season of this sport, has overtaken all other blockbusters in sales.

The new Nintendo console has a great year in the States. According to its results, it will overtake the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the number of copies sold. This forecast was made by Mat Piscatella, an analyst at NPD.

The analytical company NPD Group has prepared a report on the state of the US gaming market in March this year. According to experts, the shooter Far Cry 5 debuted so successfully that it became the best-selling game in America not only in March, but also over the past three months.

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.

In two years, the average weekly playing time on mobile devices in children has increased by two hours, NPD experts said in their latest study.

Despite the continued growth of the mobile market, console gamers in the United States still spend more on games on physical media than smartphone and tablet users on their entertainment, according to NPD. 

iPad mini sales are hitting the iPad’s market position, the NPD analytical company reports in its January study. This is bad or good for developers, the App2Top editorial team was looking into it.

In 2012, tablets overtook laptops in sales in the USA and Canada. In 2013, this trend will become global, according to NPD DisplaySearch.