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posted by CoolHand on Friday January 25 2019, @04:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the would-you-like-to-play-a-game dept.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/us-video-game-sales-hit-43-billion-2018-1178345

Video game revenue reached a new high in the U.S. last year, soaring to $43.4 billion, according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group. That figure represents an 18 percent increase from 2017.

Software sales — which posted an 18 percent growth in revenue year-over-year, up from $35.8 billion — were fueled by megahits such as Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 (the year's top-selling game in the U.S.), Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Marvel's Spider-Man, God of War and Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Meanwhile, hardware sales also increased significantly from 2017 to 2018. Up 15 percent, hardware revenue (which includes peripherals such as controllers, VR headsets and plug-and-play consoles like the SNES Classic and PlayStation Classic) grossed $7.5 billion across all three major consoles, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

[...] The gaming industry's 2018 total revenue eclipsed the record North American box office last year. Ticket sales for the year hit $11.9 billion, compared to the previous $11.4 billion record set in 2016. Meanwhile, music industry revenue in the U.S. for the first half of 2018 came in at $4.6 billion, according to an RIAA report in September, suggesting that when total year-end numbers are released, they will fall well short of the gaming industry's total.

The latest figures show that gaming is the top money-driving entertainment industry in the U.S., as well as globally. According to a report last week by Nielsen's SuperData Research division, global digital revenue (which doesn't include sales from consoles or physical copies of games) reached $109.8 billion in 2018 (up 11 percent year-over-year). That number was driven largely by the success of Epic Games' Fortnite, which alone made $2.4 billion last year and solidified itself as a cultural phenomenon worldwide. 


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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday January 25 2019, @06:16PM (10 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday January 25 2019, @06:16PM (#791917) Journal

    Why do I keep getting accused of being a "tranny?" Is it because I'm mean and nasty and willing to kick seven shades of shit out of the deserving? Is it that you and people like you can't bear the thought of a woman besting you, that it *has* to be another man doing it or it's some sort of grave dishonor?

    Here, have a seat on the couch, I've got my notepad and funny glasses and fake German accent ready. So, tell me about joor muzzer...

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @06:23PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @06:23PM (#791921)

    Way to imply that trans women are actually men, I'll bet you're a feminist.

    As for speculation about your assigned gender: it's a safe bet on the internet that any self-identified "girl" sporting a Japanese nickname is packing feminine benis in her pleated miniskirt.

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday January 25 2019, @07:46PM (8 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday January 25 2019, @07:46PM (#791958) Journal

      My real name, as it says on my account page, is Marissa van Eck. You can find me near the capital of Madison, Wisconsin, if you are so inclined. The reason I'm using that name as an avatar is known mostly to close friends and is used as a kind of callsign for them; the character is a time-traveler in search of the girl she's grown up and fallen in love with.

      I actually do have a "feminine benis," which lives in my sock drawer and eats batteries and possibly dust bunnies :) No miniskirts though; I'm strictly jeans and flannels.

      Any other dumb questions, AC?

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      • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday January 25 2019, @08:06PM (4 children)

        by edIII (791) on Friday January 25 2019, @08:06PM (#791971)

        Not the AC, but still possibly a dumb question I can't help but ask.... What the fuck is a "feminine benis", and how does it eat batteries and dust bunnies?

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        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday January 25 2019, @08:07PM (3 children)

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday January 25 2019, @08:07PM (#791974) Journal

          *rolls eyes* AC is implying I'm not only a transsexual but a non-operative one. "Benis" is of course a misspelling of penis. I do own a vibrator but that's probably not what the AC was imagining (and, given his fixtion with this, probably masturbating to...).

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          • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday January 25 2019, @08:59PM (2 children)

            by edIII (791) on Friday January 25 2019, @08:59PM (#792003)

            LOL. Thanks. It was the combination of feminine and penis that threw me off. I don't usually see those two words together.

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            • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @11:58PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @11:58PM (#792105)

              It's called hentai, and it's art.

            • (Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday January 26 2019, @07:00AM

              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday January 26 2019, @07:00AM (#792228) Journal

              The dark side of the internet is a weird, weird place. There is, as the AC below you alluded to, apparently an entire genre of porn focused around that exact idea called "futanari." I would guess the derivation of the word is futatsu (two of something) + ni naru (to become). And I'd bet good money my stalkers here on the thread have worn out their hands to it :)

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      • (Score: 1, Troll) by Alfred on Friday January 25 2019, @08:36PM

        by Alfred (4006) on Friday January 25 2019, @08:36PM (#791987) Journal
        Hey babe, you sound like my kind of girl. Come around here often?

        ;-)
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @09:03PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @09:03PM (#792006)

        To what extent does this describe you?

        • school uniform
        • blue eyes
        • blue hair
        • very long hair
        • calm
        • yandere
        • sister complex
        • homosexual
        • katana
        • 1 users have this character as their waifu
        • 14% trash
        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday January 26 2019, @06:47AM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday January 26 2019, @06:47AM (#792219) Journal

          Only two parts, the gay part and the very long hair part. I haven't cut it since fourth grade aside from periodic cleanups to keep it tamed, and wear it in a braid because loose hair that long is really inconvenient. I've got the opposite of a sister complex, since she's a nasty pot-smoking jerk who inherited our father's temper but not his intellectual curiosity, and as the oldest of three I got stuck taking care of her a fair bit when we were children. I'm also not exactly calm, and have never worn a uniform of any kind since US public schools don't require them.

          I'm also 0% trash, thanks *so* much. Especially compared to the RWNJ creeps trying to turn this site into Stormfront 2.0.

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