Digital console games made $263M in January (63% from PlayStation platforms)

[Dr. Pezus]

Digital downloads are making up a bigger piece of the market on consoles, and intelligence firm SuperData Research is shedding some light on exactly how big it is.
Digital console games generated $263 million in January, according to SuperData. That's up 14 percent year over year. Grand Theft Auto and several Call of Duty games were the primary drivers in this growth, but SuperData chief executive and lead analyst Joost van Dreunen notes that horror games Resident Evil 4 HD Remaster and Dying Light were also big contributors. Sony's PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles also dominated by making up 63 percent of digital sales on console. Digital games on console, PC, and mobile is now a $49 billion category, and it's only getting bigger — and Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are all trying to get as big a piece of that as possible.
For the first time, SuperData is not just sharing how much money digital console games made, but it has broken down the top 10 highest-earning releases during the month.

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/25/digital-console-games-made-263m-in-january-and-most-of-that-was-from-playstation/

[kitler53]

well i'm 100% digital so i'm helping!!

...although i didn't buy anything in january.  seemed like a slow month on both games and sales on games.  i'll bet feb's numbers are quite a bit larger.

[Xevross]

Interesting! Are they going to give us this every month now?

[ethomaz]

WOW Domistation.

DAT Destiny without PC version.

[kitler53]

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Digital games on console, PC, and mobile is now a $49 billion category, and it's only getting bigger — and Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are all trying to get as big a piece of that as possible.
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http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/25/digital-console-games-made-263m-in-january-and-most-of-that-was-from-playstation/

is that a yearly figure?    ..cause if so (and i don't believe a 49 billion a month figure is possible) than 0.263 * 12 = 3.156 billion / 49 = 6.4%.     

that's not bad to say consoles are 6.4% of the entire gaming market even with 1 hand and 2 feet (physical sales) tied behind its back.

[Dr. Pezus]

is that a yearly figure?    ..cause if so (and i don't believe a 49 billion a month figure is possible) than 0.263 * 12 = 3.156 billion / 49 = 6.4%.     

that's not bad to say consoles are 6.4% of the entire gaming market even with 1 hand and 2 feet (physical sales) tied behind its back.

Well it's more than 6.4% since Jan is probably slower than the average month. Still, should be less than 10% of the digital market. Says more about how insanely large digital is on PC and mobile tbh