Port Washington, N.Y. – Sales of PC games via digital
download are approaching parity with physical copies of the games sold in
retail stores, according to a report from market research firm NPD Group.
In
2009, U.S. consumers purchase 21.3 million PC games via download, compared to
23.5 million purchased at retail.
Downloaded PC games accounted for 48% of
retail sales in 2009, and 36% of dollar sales.
The top ranked digital PC game
retailers in 2009 based on unit share — excluding casual games retailers —
were Valve’s Steampowered.com; Direct2drive.com; Blizzard.com; EA.com; and
Worldofwarcraft.com.
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(VentureBeat)
