- data includes new retail, used retail, rental, and digital (inclusive of subscriptions and DLC)
- $15.39 billion spent in 2013, up 1 percent from 2012
- Physical sales declined 11 percent year-over-year
- significant growth in digital and mobile were able to more than offset the decline
- hardware purchases were 5 percent higher in 2013
- this pushed overall spending (software and hardware) to a 2 percent gain