1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comStew Shearer Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/stewshearerold/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JU4Rm1fJur"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/npd-q2-2013-games-sales-61-percent-digital/">NPD: Q2 2013 Games Sales 61 Percent Digital</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/npd-q2-2013-games-sales-61-percent-digital/embed/#?secret=JU4Rm1fJur" width="600" height="338" title="“NPD: Q2 2013 Games Sales 61 Percent Digital” — The Escapist" data-secret="JU4Rm1fJur" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Image Source: Game Informer The game industry sold $2.88 billion worth of videogames in America during Q2 2013. The research firm NPD Group has released figures detailing how much Americans spent on videogames during the second quarter of 2013. Overall, the numbers are fairly decent. There was a three percent drop in game sales when compared to the same period last year, but the industry still managed sell to $2.88 billion worth of software, overall. No matter how you cut it that’s a pretty decent chunk of change. Perhaps more interesting than the totals however, are the kinds of products […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/591/591743.jpg