2017 vil sandsynligvis gå over i historien som et af de bedste spilår nogensinde, men allerede nu lader 2018 også til at bide fra sig, om ikke andet hvad angår økonomien. NPD-gruppen, der sporer salget af spil og konsoller i USA, både fysisk og digitalt, har nemlig udgivet en ny rapport, via ResetEra, der indeholder ganske gode nyheder om spilbranchens generelle helbred.
Faktisk siger rapporten, at indtjeningen fra januars spilsalg er steget med 59% sammenlignet med samme måned sidste år, og branchens genererede samlet $1.096 milliarder.
Herunder kan du se et uddrag fra rapporten, der desuden viser hvordan konsoller, software og accessories har klaret sig. Derudover har vi indlemmet NPD's kommentar til tallene.
• Total: $1.096 billion (up 59 percent from $690 million in January 2017)
• Hardware: $278 million (up 119 percent from $127 million)
• PC and console software: $517 million (up 51 percent from $343 million)
• Accessories: $301 million (up 37 percent from $220 million)
"Dollar sales of Console, Portable and PC Games Software combined to reach $517 million in January 2018, up 51 percent versus a year ago. January dollar sales of software reached the highest total since the $549 million generated in January 2011. Monster Hunter: World was the month's top-selling title overall, while also leading on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms. Sales of Monster Hunter: World represent an all-time launch month high for the Monster Hunter franchise in the U.S. Dragon Ball: Fighterz was the second best-selling game of January. Launch month sales of Dragon Ball: Fighterz were the highest for a Dragon Ball franchise release since Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, which released in December 2002. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse also made the January all platforms best-sellers chart, ranking at #16. Software sales on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC all achieved significant growth of over 40 percent in January when compared to a year ago. Capcom was January's leading publisher in software dollar sales."