Video game spending has gone up a great deal in 2018, fueled by high-profile releases this year like Red Dead Redemption and God of War.
2018 was an amazing year for video games, that much is clear. With a wide variety of critically acclaimed games on a wide variety of consoles, each of the major publishers have something for everyone, and that’s translated into a huge rise in video game spending, up 73% from last year.
With 2018 having a variety of amazing games in it, such as Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War, Monster Hunter World, Insomniac’s Spider-Man game, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Far Cry 5, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Battlefield 5, and Hitman 2, to say nothing of remastered games like the original Spyro the Dragon games and Team ICO’s Shadow of the Colossus, it’s no surprise that so many people are spending so much money on video games this year.
