US video game spending fell in 2019, says industry group | Malay Mail

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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17 — Americans spent less on video games last year as new consoles were readied for launch and Google took to streaming titles from the cloud, an industry group reported yesterday. US spending on video game hardware and software in 2019 tallied US$14.6 billion (RM59 billion), a...

US spending on video game hardware and software in 2019 tallied US$14.6 billion, according to NPD Group. — Picture from gorodenkoff/IStock.com via AFP-Relaxnews

US spending on video game hardware and software in 2019 tallied US$14.6 billion , a 13 per cent decline from the previous year, market-tracker NPD Group said. Spending across video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards in December alone totalled US$3 billion, down 15 per cent when compared to the same month a year earlier, NPD reported.was the best-selling game in the US for three consecutive months after its October launch, and finished 2019 as the top-selling game of the year, according to NPD.has been the best-selling video game franchise, NPD reported.

Google set out to transform the video game world late last year with the launch of a service called Stadia that lets people access console-quality games as easily as they do email.

 

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