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Q2 Mobile Game Spending Fell, but Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic

U.S. consumer spending on video game products declined 13% year over year in Q2 to $12.35 billion, reported NPD Tuesday. Non-mobile subscription content spending was the quarter’s only growth category, with all other categories falling, and mobile content contributing most…

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to the overall decline, said NPD. While NPD projections “foresaw a downward trend in mobile spending as life in the U.S. began its return to a new normal and consumers had fewer opportunities to engage with these titles, the current economic environment has certainly contributed to a more expediated decline,” it said. Still, U.S. consumer spending on mobile games remains higher than it was pre-COVID-19 pandemic, it said.