Covid-19: Digital video game spending hits record high under virus lockdown


Nintendo sold five million copies of its family friendly ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ in March, setting a sales record for the most units of a digital console game sold in a single month, SuperData said. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Spending on digital video games hit a record high US$10bil (RM43.56bil) in March as people stuck at home under coronavirus lockdowns turned to gaming, market tracker SuperData reported on April 23.

Money spent on major console games leapt to US$1.5bil (RM6.53bil) in March from US$883mil (RM3.84bil) in February, while spending on games played on high-performance personal computers climbed 56% to US$567mil (RM2.46bil) in the same comparison.

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