Americans spent $ 5.9 billion on online gaming in the first quarter of 2011

NPD Group Inc. said competent in counting sales of video games in the United States that users spend in the U.S. video games in the first quarter of 2011 reached $ 5.9 billion, an increase of 1.5% from the value of spending in the same period last year.


And the NPD Group said that the $ 1.85 billion, achieved through the sale of used video games and rental games and subscriptions and downloads from websites and games handheld devices and social networking games.

This figure is close to 2.03 billion U.S. dollars, which was recorded through direct spending on gaming platforms and desktop computers, which were purchased from the shops of traditional video games, showing the great change in the video game industry.

The company was formerly based on sales statistics games video game consoles and copies of games, which have traditionally been sold, but has recently expanded its efforts to follow up the sales of video games that are delivered through electronic means.