Digital Distribution related news and articles

Research firm SuperData has released a report showing the top ten games of 2017 so far based on revenue generated between January and June of this year. The global interactive media market has grown to $105 billion, showing global growth of 12 percent. The data predicts that the virtual reality market, and hardware and software […]

EA has announced their Q1 2018 results which includes April, May, and June of 2017. Net digital sales revenue reached $3.147 billion for the last 12-month.

According to research firm SuperData the payment preferences of gamers show that digital revenue for video games will pass $100 billion in 2018.

Digital video games chart in the UK, April 2017:
1. FIFA 17 – EA
2. Battlefield 1 – EA
3. Grand Theft Auto 5 – Rockstar Games

Global digital revenue reached $7.7 billion in April 2017, a 9% increase year on year over 2016, showing consistent growth in the digital games market.

Sales of physical games in the UK showed a growth of 0.5% for the 12-week period ending March 12th 2017 when compared with the same period in 2016.

A total of $6.2 billion was earned worldwide through the sale of digital games content during the month of February 2016, calculated by SuperData.

The share of digital trade of video games is growing. Sales of digital downloads reached $61 billion in 2015, with a 34% increase of games downloads for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms. It seems that a major transformation is taking place in the way consumers purchase games and, as such, existing trading models may […]

Microsoft sent out a survey to Xbox One owners to examine opinions on a digital ‘buy back’ program, allowing returning completed games for store credit.

The research analyst GfK and has reported its review of statistics on the PC gaming market in the United Kingdom through MCV.