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Video game retail sales slipped in 2013 as gamers prepped for new consoles

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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U.S. video games had a mixed picture in retail sales 2013, with overall industry sales dropping 2 percent for the year despite the introduction of the Sony PlayStation 4 and the Microsoft Xbox One. But don’t feel sorry for game companies, as the overall business saw growth when you count digital sales such as mobile and online games.

And If you add everything together from both NPD and SuperData’s info on digital sales, the total U.S. game market was $24.67 billion, compared to $23.97 billion a year earlier.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.