Steam, GamersGate summer sales help digital game revenues reach $1.1 billion in July

Video games aren’t selling as much at retail as they used to, but digital distribution is starting to make up the difference.

In July, the U.S. digital-games market reached $1.1 billion, according to market-intelligence firm SuperData. That’s up 5.4 percent from July 2012. Social games continued to drive digital revenue, but the PC digital-distribution summer sales on Steam and GamersGate were also a big driver. PC digital sales are up 15 percent year-over-year.