In 2023, total U.S. consumer spending on video game content amounted to 48 billion U.S. dollars, a slight increase from 47.5 billion U.S. dollars in the preceding year. Video game spending surged in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Consumer spending on video game content in the United States from 2010 to 2023
(in billion U.S. dollars)
video game content includes physical & digital full game, DLC/MTX and subscription consumer spending across console, cloud, mobile, portable, PC and VR platforms
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Entertainment Software Association. (February 7, 2024). Consumer spending on video game content in the United States from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252457/consumer-spending-on-video-games-in-the-us/
Entertainment Software Association. "Consumer spending on video game content in the United States from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252457/consumer-spending-on-video-games-in-the-us/
Entertainment Software Association. (2024). Consumer spending on video game content in the United States from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252457/consumer-spending-on-video-games-in-the-us/
Entertainment Software Association. "Consumer Spending on Video Game Content in The United States from 2010 to 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252457/consumer-spending-on-video-games-in-the-us/
Entertainment Software Association, Consumer spending on video game content in the United States from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252457/consumer-spending-on-video-games-in-the-us/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Consumer spending on video game content in the United States from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Entertainment Software Association, February 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252457/consumer-spending-on-video-games-in-the-us/
