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Video games in the United States. Sales data is covered by NPD..

Hardware sales oct 08

Total U.S. sales of Wii, PS3, Xbox 360

US Inflation-Adjusted Revenues

Overall United States video game market revenues from 1973 to 2013, adjusted for inflation (in 2012 dollars for years prior to 2012).
Blue - Arcade sector
Red - Consumer sector (incl. console, PC, handheld, mobile, tablet)
Green - Overall US market (all sectors)

NPD sales figuresEdit

Main article: NPD sales figures

Popular gamesEdit

Biggest launchesEdit

See also: NPD Fastest selling games

TidbitsEdit

  • According to Nintendo, the U.S. makes up approximately 85% of the Americas sales, which includes Latin America, Canada, and South America. Mexico is the top Latin American market for Nintendo, followed closely by Brazil. [28]

History of the US video game industryEdit

Further information: NPD sales figures
See also: Video game industry for worldwide figures and Video games in Japan for Japan figures

These figures are for United States only. Some numbers may exclude/include PC games, arcade games, and/or mobile games.

Domestic US marketEdit

Year Video game market revenue Reference(s) Inflation-adjusted revenue (2012 dollars)[1]
2013 $17.39 billion
($15.39 billion consumer market)
($2 billion arcade market) 		[2] $17.39 billion
2012 $17.1 billion
($14.8 billion consumer market)
($2.3 billion arcade market) 		[3] $17.1 billion
2011 $16.6 billion NPD 2011 sales figures $17.5 billion
2010 $18.58 billion NPD 2010 sales figures $19.6 billion
2009 $19.66 billion NPD 2009 sales figures $21.04 billion
2008 $22 billion NPD 2008 sales figures $23.5 billion
2007 $18.85 billion NPD 2007 sales figures $20.9 billion
2006 $13.5 billion NPD 2006 sales figures $15.4 billion
2005 $11.5 billion (retail market) NPD 2005 sales figures $13.52 billion (retail market)
2004 $14.5 billion
($11 billion consumer market)
($3.5 billion arcade market) 		NPD 2004 sales figures $17.7 billion
($13.4 billion consumer market)
($4.3 billion arcade market)
2003 $11.923 billion (retail market)[4] NPD 2003 sales figures $14.9 billion (retail market)
2002 $14.1 billion
($12.4 billion retail)[5]
($1.7 billion arcade)[6] 		NPD 2002 sales figures $18.03 billion
($15.83 billion retail)
($2.2 billion arcade)
2001 $11.9 billion[7] (retail, incl. PC games)
(GC, GBA, XBX launches) 		[8][9] $15.43 billion (retail)
2000 $11 billion (retail)[7]
($6.6 billion retail, excl. PC games) 		[10] $14.7 billion (retail)
1999 $16.7 billion
($11 billion retail)[11]
($5.7 billion arcade)[12] 		[7][13] $23.1 billion
($15.2 billion retail)
($7.9 billion arcade)
1998 $8.9 billion (retail)[7] [14] $12.54 billion (retail)
1997 $14 billion
($7.5 billion retail)[7][15]
($6.5 billion arcade)[16] 		[17] $16.77 billion
($11.43 billion retail)
($9.91 billion arcade)
1996 $15 billion
($8 billion arcade)[18]
($7 billion retail)[19][7] 		[20] $21.95 billion
($11.71 billion arcade)
($10.24 billion retail)
1995 $12.7 billion
($7.9 billion retail)[21]
($4.8 billion arcade)[22] 		[23] $19.13 billion
($11.9 billion retail)
($7.23 billion arcade)
1994 $15.5 billion
($7 billion arcade)[24]
($8.5 billion retail)[25] 		$24.2 billion
($11 billion arcade)
($13.2 billion retail)
1993 $15.5 billion
($8 billion arcade)[26][27]
($7.5 billion retail)[28] 		$24.63 billion
($12.71 billion arcade)
($11.92 billion retail)
1992 $14.342 billion
($9 billion arcade)[29]
($5 billion console software)[30][31]
($342 million computer software)[32] 		$23.5 billion
($15 billion arcade)
($8.2 billion console software)
($560 million computer software)
1991 $8.1 billion
($6 billion retail)[33]
($2.1 billion arcade)[34]
(Arcade Renaissance begins with Street Fighter II) 		$13.7 billion
($10.11 billion retail)
($3.54 billion arcade)
1990 $10 billion
($5.1 billion retail, Nintendo 90%)
($4.9 billion arcade) 		[35][36][37]
[38][39] 		$17.57 billion
($8.96 billion retail)
($8.61 billion arcade)
1989 $11.4 billion
($7.9 billion arcade)
($3.5 billion retail) 		[40] $21.13 billion
($14.63 billion arcade)
$6.5 billion (retail)
1988 $9.9 billion
($6.4 billion arcade)
($3.5 billion retail)[41] 		[42][43] $19.21 billion
($12.42 billion arcade)
($6.79 billion retail)
1987 $1.162 billion (retail)
($1.1 billion console)[44][45]
($62 million computer software)[46] 		$2.35 billion (retail)
1986 $4.43 billion
($4 billion arcade)[47]
($430 million retail)[45][48] 		[42] $9.28 billion
($8.38 billion arcade)
($901 million retail)
1985 $4.6 billion
($4.5 billion arcade)[47]
($100 million retail)[49][50]
(NES and Super Mario Bros. begins market revival) 		[51] $9.8134 billion
($9.6 billion arcade)
($213.4 million retail)
1984 $5.3 billion
($4.5 billion arcade)[47]
($800 million retail)[52]
(Arcade Golden Age ends) 		$11.74 billion
($9.94 billion arcade)
($1.8 billion retail)
1983 $9.9 billion
($7.9 billion arcade)
($2 billion retail)[52]
(Video game crash of 1983) 		[47][53][54] $22.82 billion
($18.21 billion arcade)
($4.61 billion retail)
1982 $12.8-$15.6 billion
($9-$11.8 billion arcade)
($3.8 billion retail, Atari accounting for nearly 80%) 		[55][56][57][49] $30.45-$37.12 billion
($21.41-$28.07 billion arcade)
($9.04 billion retail)
1981 $10.5-$12.7 billion
($8-$10.2 billion arcade)
($1-$2.5 billion retail) 		[58][59][55][60] $26.52-$32.08 billion
($20.21-$25.76 billion arcade)
($2.53-$6.31 billion retail)
1980 $7.614 billion
($7.15 billion arcade)[47][55]
($464 million retail)[61] 		$21.22 billion
($19.92 billion arcade)
($1.3 billion retail)
1979 $1.88 billion
($1.5 billion arcade)[62][63]
($375 million retail)[64][45] 		$5.95 billion
($4.74 billion arcade)
($1.186 billion retail)
1978 $1.2 billion
($1 billion arcade)[63][65][66]
($200 million retail)[7][64]
(Arcade Golden Age begins with Space Invaders) 		$4.23 billion
($3.521 billion arcade)
($704.3 million retail)
1977 $400 million[67]
($21 million retail)[68]
(Video game crash of 1977) 		$1.5 billion
($80 million retail)
1976 $242 million (retail) [69] $977 million (retail)
1975 $22 million (retail) [29] $94 million (retail)
1973 $40 million [70] $207 million
1972 Arcade video gaming arrives to US via Pong

Overseas retail exportsEdit

Year Video game market revenue Inflation-adjusted revenue (2012 dollars)[1]
2004 $2.1 billion[71] $2.55 billion
2000 $3.05 billion[72] $4.07 billion

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 CPI Inflation Calculator. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved on 2012-02-22.
  2. ↑ US, 2013
  3. ↑ US, 2012
  4. ↑ $11.2 billion sales, $723 million rentals
  5. ↑ $11.7 billion sales, $690.62 million rentals
  6. ↑ NPD 2002 sales figures $12 billion (console & arcade) - $10.3 billion (console) = $1.7 billion (arcade)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Yuko Aoyama & Hiro Izushi (2003), Hardware gimmick or cultural innovation? Technological, cultural, and social foundations of the Japanese video game industry, Research Policy 32: 423-44
  8. ↑ NPD Reports Annual 2001 U.S. Interactive Entertainment Sales Shatter Industry Record, Business Wire (February 7, 2002)
  9. ↑ http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/02/20/npd-pc-game-retail-sales-numbers-are-just-half-the-stor/
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  11. ↑ Video Games, Drugs, and The ‘New Violence’ (Fall 2000)
  12. ↑ 'Dancing Arcade Game' Draws Huge Crowds (December 4, 2000)
  13. ↑ [5] [6] [7]
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  15. ↑ $5.8 billion retail software
  16. ↑ https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131612/developing_games_for_coinop.php
  17. ↑ [8] [9] [10] [11]
  18. ↑ Spielberg's Arcade of the Future (March 12, 1997)
  19. ↑ Om Malik (9/19/1997), The Game: Sony PlayStation versus Nintendo64, Forbes
  20. ↑ [12] [13] [14] [15]
  21. ↑ GameCase - Home Video-game industry (1983-1996)
  22. ↑ 3Dfx INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCES LOW-COST SYSTEM FOR COIN-OP/ARCADE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY, 3/7/1996
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  24. ↑ Business Week, Issues 3392-3405, p. 58, 1994
  25. ↑ $7 billion sales, $1.5 billion rentals
  26. ↑ Patricia Ann McKanic (March 24, 1994), Video values, Lakeland Ledger
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  40. ↑ $7.9 billion arcade, $3.5 billion retail
  41. ↑ NEC Tries to Zap Nintendo In the Video Game Market, The New York Times (May 24, 1989)
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Video Games Are an Exercise In Annihilation, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution (May 30, 1989)
  43. ↑ Lisa Holton (June 5, 1989), Firms nip at Nintendo's heels, Chicago Sun-Times
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  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 Video Game Myth Busters - Did the "Crash" of 1983/84 Affect Arcades?, The Golden Age Arcade Historian (December 27, 2013)
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  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 Coin-Op history -- 1975 to 1998 -- from the pages of RePlay
  64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 Customers getting pickier about electronic games (December 16, 1980)
  65. ↑ The Video Game Invasion (December 18, 1981)
  66. ↑ The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond, p. 105, 2008
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  71. ↑ http://www.theesa.com/newsroom/seriousbusiness.pdf
  72. ↑ 45% of European market ($6.78 billion) = $3.05 billion


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