14 DAY TRIAL // The NPD Group announces that its most recent report shows that the majority of video game sales are being delivered via digital services, even as the overall value of the United States market has seen a 3 percent decline when compared to the same period of last year.
The research firm says that 61% of revenue was linked to digital sales, which include traditional subscriptions, full game downloads from services like Steam, the PSN and Xbox Live, add-on for retail titles and mobile and social experiences.
Liam Callahan, an analyst at the NPD Group, is quoted by GamesIndustry.biz as saying that, “Increases in digital format spending offset nearly all the losses from the declines in physical format spending, with digital full game downloads and downloadable content spending experiencing a combined 27% increase when compared to Q2 ’12.”
The launch of the Xbox One from Microsoft and the PlayStation 4 from Sony is expected to revitalize the video game market.