Digital Gaming Increases Sales up to 11 Percent In September
Based on the recent Super Data Research survey, the worldwide digital games has increased its sales by 11 percent, reaching at least $5.4 billion in sales in September of 2015.
Most of the digital games requested and downloaded have been through digital consoles, citing that despite the slow increase on the number of users, the number of downloads has increased to a certain level. Reflecting what gaming consoles have contributed on the increased sales, the biggest factor is said to have been contributed by mobile games, which showed a nine percent increase in sales or up to $2 billion in revenue.
Listed are the top five games that made it to the top across digital platforms. For the gaming consoles, "FIFA 16," "Destiny," "Grand Theft Auto V," "Metal Gear Solid V" and "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" topped the list.
For PC Games, the top five contenders are "Metal Gear Solid V," "Mad Max," "Counter-Strike Global Offensive," "Grand Theft Auto V" and "Guild Wars 2."
For the Free to Play MMO, "League of Legends," "Crossfire," "Dungeon Fighter Online," "World of Tanks" and "DOTA 2" topped the list.
The top five most sought after mobile games, which also contributed largely on the sales of digital gaming, are "Clash of Clash," "Game of War: Fire Age," "Puzzle and Dragons," "Candy Crush Saga" and "Candy Crush Soda Saga."
Social media has also introduced a variety of games that showed some interest to users. The five most-wanted games include "DoubleDown Casino," "Slotomania," "Candy Crush Saga," "Zynga Texas Hold'Em" and "Heart of Vegas."
The P2P MMO listed "World of WarCraft (West)," "Lineage I (East)," "World of WarCraft (East)"," Star Wars: The Old Republic" and TERA: Online (West)."
According to Voice of America, the number of female digital gamers comprises at least half of the digital gaming world's population. In fact, there is a group called the CLG Red, which is all comprised of female gamers, who claim to be members of the Counter Logic Gaming eSports organization.
The team has competed in several games online hailing from different cities and has also traveled just to compete on digital gaming.
The team also gained their owned sponsors, staff coaches, scheduled contests and tournament on hand. However, female gamers have been mostly attributed to gamers who uses mobile and tablet platforms while male gamers largely comprise the console-based games.
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