Sales of both gaming hardware and software are far above where they were this time last year. To date, industry sales this year are at $9.37 billion, compared with $6.38 billion this time last year, a jump of 47%.
Hardware sales in particular have seen a dramatic increase year-to-date sales are up 118% over last year. The only category that didn't show improvement over last year was portable software, which was down 6% versus September of last year.
Here's how the numbers shake out:
Total Video Games
Sept 06: $778.7 million
Sept 07: $1.36 billion
YTD 06: $6.38 billion
YTD 07: $9.37 billion
Video Games Hardware
Console Hardware:
Sept 06: $145.5 million
Sept 07: $418.6 million
YTD 06: $1.24 billion
YTD 07: $2.69 billion
Portable Game Hardware:
Sept 06: $98.4 million
Sept 07: $126.25 million
YTD 06: $789 million
YTD 07: $958.4 million
Video Games Software
Console Software
Sept 06: $335.8 million
Sept 07: $550.5 million
YTD 06: $2.65 billion
YTD 07: $3.35 billion
Portable Game Software
Sept 06: $109.6 million
Sept 07: $103.1 million
YTD 06: $897.6 million
YTD 07: $1.1 billion
Video Game Accessories
Sept 06: $89.5 million
Sept 07: $157 million
YTD 06: $805.8 million
YTD 07: $1.26 billion
