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PC gamers carry digital games through slow summer

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Digital game sales grew 11 percent to $979 million from a year ago, according to market research SuperData.

While that may seem like a good growth rate, the New York company said that sales were more sluggish than usual. Sales usually dip in August, but PC sales and downloadable content for PCs and consoles had a good month with $250 million in revenue.

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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.