Game sales reached a record of 234 trillion during the epidemic season

In the context of complicated epidemic developments, everyone is forced to strictly comply with social distancing regulations to avoid the risk of spreading. At this time, the game suddenly became one of the most popular and useful means of entertainment. Game industry sales have also witnessed historic growth, reaching 10 billion dollars (equivalent to 234 trillion dong) in March alone – an increase of 11% compared to the same period last year (9 billion dollars).
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Segment profit console games and PC has also skyrocketed since the social distancing regulations were put into effect. Game revenue console in March increased 64% compared to February (from $883 million to $1.5 billion) while PC games also increased by 56% (from $363 million to $567 million). In which, the strongest increase is in severe epidemic areas such as North America and Europe.

Mobile games are no exception as gamers continue to play and invest heavily in games when other forms of entertainment are shrinking. Turnover mobile games up 15% year-over-year and reached $5.7 billion in March. The most typical example is Pokemon GO, which increased by $111 million in March alone (up 18% month-on-month) because Niantic was very awake. time when tweaking game mechanics so that players can play games even while indoors.

The list of games with the highest revenue in March, readers can see in the image below:
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons quickly sold 5 million digital copies in just one month, successfully breaking the record previously held by Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. This game sold in its first month as much as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokémon Sword & Shield combined. The reason is because Animal Crossing: New Horizons emphasizes social interaction, making it easy for players to chat with each other plus the fact that game shops are forced to close, so players have to buy the digital version instead. game disc.

Infinity Ward’s free release of Call of Duty: Warzone also caused a 159% increase in players compared to the previous month, peaking at 62.7 million – a number that has never been recorded before. id Software’s Doom Eternal also sold 3 million digital copies in March, 3 times more than the game Doom released in May 2016. However, given its nature as a single-player game, Doom Eternal will likely have a shorter revenue cycle than other shooters that profit through selling new updates.

Half-Life: Alyx is an explosive name in the field of virtual reality games. A total of 860,000 gamers played the game in March. Half-Life: Alyx sales hit $40.7 million, not to mention the thousands of free copies sold with the actual glasses combo. virtual to promote player’s interest in VR gaming field.​