Do you want to know how much you spent on video games in the first quarter of 2011? Of course you do! According to the NPD Group, as a collective, gamers dropped a total of $2.03 billion in the U.S. on "new physical video and PC game software" in the first quarter of 2011.
The total consumers spend on content via other monetization methods, including used games, game rentals, subscriptions, digital full-game downloads, social network games, downloadable content, and mobile games, is estimated at $1.85 billion.
On the whole, this is a slight improvement on last year's sales. It's an increase of 1.5 percent.
While 1.5 percent isn't much of an increase, it does indicate that gaming, as a whole, is holding its own during tough economic times, and sometimes, a little bit of good news is the best you can hope for.
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permanent_nirvana
I'm surprised by this. If you compare this year's first quarter with last year's first quarter, there were a lot more top titles available at the same time last year.
2011 - Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm, Crysis 2, Little Big Planet 2, Marvel VS. Capcom 3, Dragon Age 2, Portal 2, LA Noire
2010 - Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2, God of War 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Red Dead Redemption.
lucidity
Great article on the first 6 months of 2011, hardware and software.
http://www.vgchartz.com/arti cle/87137/2011-half-year-in-re view-top-software-amp-hardware -trends/
cardinalsfan1122
This is great news especially since this tends to be the slow time for games. It shows that the gaming industry is a serious business industry that is not recreation and plummets in tough times like true recreational activities.
DPsx72
How much I spent? I couldn't imagine. Certainly more games than I need as my backlog is almost full (56 games on PS3 alone not including Wii, DS, and 3DS), but I was just thinking about it and the last 14 games I've purchased were all $30 or less with only 2 being preowned. And they aren't even old titles either. All thanks to B2G1's and price drops. I think the 3DS is the only hardware I got and an extra DS3 the only accessory. And some of you idiots think I'm not a gamer.. Shame on you.
As for the other half, I don't rent games or subscribe to anything. No DLC. And social and mobile games are unwanted and useless (not that I could use either if I wanted to).
Symicide
More people to start pre ordering their games. The money goes to the right people and you don't have to worry about the game later. I dunno for some reaon I feel better about spending the $60 on the pre order rather than on day release.
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