History of Video Games 2012

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    Dragon’s Dogma is released for video game consoles. A new IP from Capcom, it sells over 1 million copies and will get a sequel in 2024.

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    King releases Candy Crush Saga, which becomes one of the highest-grossing casual mobile games ever created.

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    PlayStation Vita is released.

    PlayStation Vita

Video game consumer spending

Circana – U.S. Video Game Industry Sales – (Dollars, Billions)

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Top games by purchase

‘1995 through 2022 – U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games by Year (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales.

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  2. Halo 4
  3. Madden NFL 13
  4. Assassin's Creed III
  5. Borderlands 2
  6. NBA 2K13
  7. Just Dance 4
  8. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  9. Skylanders Giants
  10. Mass Effect 3
  11. FIFA Soccer 13
  12. Diablo III
  13. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  14. NCAA Football 13
  15. Battlefield 3
  16. NBA 2K12
  17. Far Cry 3
  18. Resident Evil 6
  19. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
  20. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
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