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Revenue grew 11% compared to the same period last year
The confinement caused by coronavirus led players to buy like never before. Survey conducted by SuperData Research points out that spending on digital games reached $ 10 billion in March, the highest monthly total in history. According to the survey, revenue grew 11% compared to the same period last year, when the figures reached $ 9 billion.
In a month of big releases like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal and Final Fantasy 7 Remakethe console revenue increased 64% from February to March, reaching US $ 1.5 billion, followed by the PC, with $ 567 million in earnings: a growth of 56%.
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The isolated first placeHow could it not be different? stayed with the mobile segment. Mobile gaming revenue grew 15% over the previous year and reached US $ 5.7 billion in March. According to SuperData, the earnings of several major smartphone titles have also increased. Revenue generated from Pokémon GO, for example, increased to $ 111 million (an 18% increase from the previous month) after publisher Niantic made adjustments to facilitate gameplay without physical scrolling.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons broke a record more than 5 million units sold in digital format in a single month. The game, released by Nintendo, reached an unprecedented milestone in the history of the gaming industry. In addition to being one of the most popular titles right now, the fact that physical units are experiencing a time of shortage due to store closings also contributed to this result.
Already Call of Duty: Modern Warfare saw the number of active users jump 159%, after adding Warzone mode.
Id Software also has reason to smile. Doom Eternal sold 3 million digital units in March, it triples the total reached by its predecessor, released in May 2016.
If the rules of social distancing are maintained throughout the world, successive increases in sales are expected in the coming months.
Source: SuperData
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