The consumer market research group the NPD Group has released its findings on video game sales in  2013 and the numbers are staggering. We spent a whopping $15.39 billion, with a B. The industry as a whole saw a 1% increase while the release of the Next-Gen systems helped pushed console sales up by 5%. Digital gaming, including everything from game downloads, to DLCs, add-ons, social networking games, and app-based mobile games had the biggest cumulative share with $7.22 billion.

XBox One beat out PS4 last year in America but Sony claims they hold the title for cumulative sales globally. CoD:Ghosts and Battlefield 4 are top dogs in software and AC:Black Flag was close behind. GTA 5 was the reigning champ as far as total software sales.

Annual 2013 Top Ten Games (New Physical Retail)

1. Grand Theft Auto V
2. Call Of Duty: Ghosts
3. Madden NFL 25
4. Battlefield 4
5. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
6. NBA 2K14
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
8. Just Dance 2014
9. Minecraft
10. Disney Infinity

The big number here is the amount of players over the age of 13 who purchased digital games and content. A whopping 36% of those players bought a DLC, add-on, or some other form of digital game. I’d wager that that number will greatly increase if not double next year. Especially since the second I insert a new game from the store I have 114 offers for DLCs, add-ons, character upgrades, etc, etc.