According to a survey of 13,000 consumers aged 8 and up by a Netherlands based video game industry research company Newzoo estimates that 183.5 Million gamers spent $25.3 Billion in the US in 2009. Below is a breakdown by top countries for the gaming population and total estimated sales.
| 2009 ESTIMATED GAMING POPULATION & SALES | ||
| COUNTRY | GAMING POPULATION | $ SALES |
| United States | 183.5 Million | $25.29 Billion |
| United Kingdom | 31.3 Million | $5.61 Billion |
| Germany | 35.5 Million | $4.67 Billion |
| France | 25.4 Million | $4.57 Billion |
| Netherlands | 9.3 Million | $754 Million |
| Belgium | 4.7 Million | $729 Million |
| % GAME SALES | |||||
| COUNTRY | CONSOLE | PC | PORTALS | MMO | MOBILE |
| United States | 60% | 16% | 11% | 8% | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 63% | 20% | 7% | 5% | 5% |
| Germany | 42% | 36% | 12% | 5% | 5% |
| France | 68% | 19% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
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