I think maybe $500 million was money spent by me :D haha, but in all seriousness that is a lot of money, even if it went down slightly this year. At least the industry is still doing well.

Holy ****! THAT'S ****ING HUGE!!!

YAY everyone dance with me!

That's not good. The video game industry itself was pretty abysmal last year in terms of sales. Profits were down by huge margins. I think the nickel and diming and straight up theiving that companies like EA are doing with Day-one DLC, on disk DLC, ext. are biting these companies back

glad to say i contributed not a penny. this year however...

gotta love fueling the economy!

That sounds like a ton of money but in a global business with as many players as there are it's not when you think about it... Also, nearly half was downloaded!?! I can't help but think that's why brick and mortar shops are failing... Looks like the future is here my friends...

Hi Kyle. Do you have any numbers from prior years? I think that would help us put things into perspective. Thanks! =)

Hmm, I expected used sales to make up a bigger portion of the market.

90 percent of it was on DLC...

Damn, that's a good chunk of cash.

Then why is everyone so emo about the industry thats a lot of money considering the state of all economies

How does that compare to last year though? I feel like the industry isn't growing (i.e. attracting new demographics), and that's because advertising dollars are only going to the same has-beens. Shooter no.1, shooter no.2 and shooter no.3.

The game industry really needs to throw some advertising behind all the wonderful, creative, and fun games. The ones that AREN'T Call of Duty or it's imitators. Case in point; Sly Cooper, Fire Emblem, Ninokuni... where are the commercials for these wonderful games? We need more than just bro-dude/aggro/Dew-sucker gamers to spend dollars here. Still, just them coughed up $14 billion, and that's impressive.

The growing number on the digital side scares me...

Looks like video games is something smart to get into.

Pffft! Chump change.

That's true but the 200/300 bucks was on that ps3 over the summer -.- effing pricy.

its down cause everyones broke, games cost too much, and there wasn't as many great ( or non-disappointing) games in 2012 vs 2011

Yah, I think about 600 of that was me  :3

Dang. This continuing downward trend is not something I was hoping to see. Let's hope this year sees an increase in sales, or the industry may find more and more layoffs, and fewer under-the-radar type titles make it out.