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Digital and physical game sales in the United States from 2009 to 2017

Breakdown of U.S. computer and video game sales from 2009 to 2017, by delivery format

The data displays computer and video game sales in the U.S. from 2009 to 2017, broken down by delivery format. In 2017, 21% of all computer and video games were sold in physical form. According to the digital game user data, there were 118 million people downloading games in the U.S. in 2017. It was estimated that digital games downloads in the United States would generate 3.88 billion USD in revenue that year.

2009 80 20
2010 69 31
2011 65 35
2012 54 46
2013 46 54
2014 39 61
2015 31 69
2016 26 74
2017 21 79