NPD: New hardware devices continue to drive host gaming industry growth

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of July 18, the latest data from the US market research firm NPD showed that U.S. host game hardware, software and accessories sales totaled 735 million U.S. dollars in June this year, up 24% per cent from June 2013. Separately, the biggest increase in hardware, the year-on-year growth of 106%, reached 292.7 million U.S. dollars. Software dropped 3% to $286.8 million over a year earlier. "Although the release of new hardware is the main reason for the growth of new host games, the year-on-year growth began in September 2013, two months earlier than the Xbox One and PS4 released in November 2013." "The Year-on-year growth in new video games in September 2013 and October was mostly software driven," said Liam Karahan, an analyst at NPD Callahan. "(Ding Macro)