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U.S. video game consumer spending increase 2019-2021
In the calendar week ending July 18, 2021, U.S. consumer spending on video games was up 65 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2019 but only up by 12 percent when compared to 2020. In 2020, video game spending boomed due to coronavirus-related stay-at-home mandates.