Digital video game spending hit a record high in March as consumers around the globe turned to gaming amid lockdowns to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Revenue topped $10 billion last month, the highest-ever total for a single month an 11 percent increase year-over-year, Nielsen's SuperData reports.
Leading the way was Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which launched March 20. The family-friendly title sold 5 million digital copies in March, a new record for any console game, topping 2018's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
The latest offering in the Call of Duty franchise — the free-to-play Call of Duty: Warzone, which launched March 10 — also benefitted from the lockdown.
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