Digital game sales generate more than $1B in July thanks to mobile and Steam’s online store

Digital’s steady growth to take over the gaming world marched on in July.

Mobile games and Steam, along with other PC digital distributors, pushed digital-game revenues to $1.033 billion in July, according to market-intelligence firm SuperData Research. While that is a huge number, is is roughly equivalent to what Americans alone spend on just new physical games at U.S. retailers. This represents a 12 percent year-over-year increase as people continue to feel more comfortable spending money on software that doesn’t come in a physical package or from a store in a shopping center.