The video game industry shattered sales records in the second quarter, according to new data from NPD Group. The data research firm revealed that American consumers spent $11.6 billion on games during Q2 (April – June), marking the highest Q2 spending total for gaming in U.S. history.

The $11.6 billion is a 30% increase over the same period last year and a 7% increase compared to this year’s Q1(January – March). That quarter also broke sales records, with Americans spending $10.9 million on video games. The total amount of sales includes video game hardware, software, and accessories.

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Players spent $10.2 billion on content, which includes both video games and downloadable content. That is up 28 percent from the same time last year. Console sales also increased year-over-year, despite seeing sales briefly drop in June.

Sales for the Switch, Xbox One, and PS4 saw a collective increase in sales by 57% compared to last year, for a total of $848 billion. On Twitter, NPD analyst Mat Piscatalla said that each console grew individually by at least 47%. Sales of accessories items, such as steering wheels, gamepads, and headsets, also increased by 50% to $584 million. Piscatella noted that steering wheel sales specifically grew by 60%, which he attributed to esport racing activities like F1 drivers competing in F1 2019.

The NPD report did not include unit sales, but confirmed that Q2’s biggest sellers were Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty; Warzone, Candy Crush Saga, Final Fantasy VII: Remake, Grand Theft Auto V, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, Minecraft, NBA 2K2020 and Pokemon GO. The Last of Us 2 which released at the tail-end of Q2 and made June a record-breaking month for sales, also moved enough copies to be counted among the highest sellers of the quarter.

Piscatella added that new physical games sales were up by double-digit numbers, and that digital content sales increased by a “significantly higher” percentage. He also said that console players account for a lot of mobile spending, as at least 85% of U.S. gamers who own a Switch, Xbox One or PS4 also play mobile games.

Piscatella predicts that sales will continue to soar through Q3. It makes sense, as it looks like the pandemic will continue through the year, keeping people at home with not much else to do besides picking up a controller. With the next generation of consoles on the horizon, it is likely that the gaming industry will continue to break sales records in 2020.

“Today, we have more video game players playing for more hours, while spending more in the process; and what gamers old and new are discovering is an industry that has a wide array of experiences available to them regardless of device and budget,” Piscatella said in a statement, “During the pandemic, many have turned to video games not only to keep them preoccupied, but also to stay in touch with family and friends. This has resulted in an acceleration of what were already established trends towards heightened video game player engagement. I don’t see any signs of this slowing down.”

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