The market for physical video game operators in the United States is experiencing a decline that has accelerated after the pandemic. Since 2021, Americans’ spending on game wheels and cartridges has been cut in half.
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This is evidenced by the results of the Circana study, which were published on his Bluesky account by CEO and video game industry analyst Mat Piskella.
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According to the analysis, the peak of the physical operator market occurred in 2008, when the sales volume of games on discs and cartridges was close to $12 billion. having lost more than 85% in the last 16 years.
According to the expert, the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 console in 2025 may affect the current trend.
The VGC edition connects the transition of the video game market to a digital sphere with an increase in Internet speed, the emergence of trading platforms on consoles, and the distribution of microtransaction games.
At the same time, it is Nintendo that supports a significant part of game sales on physical media: last year, the share of sales “in digits” in the European market remained at 22%.
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Ahmed Sadulaev
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