Digital games up 9% in May to $7.8 billion - Superdata

Superhero fighter Injustice 2 had a strong launch last month, but it was mobile gaming that saved the day. According to research firm Superdata, the worldwide digital games market brought in $7.8 billion in May, a 9% jump year-over-year.

That growth was attributable to mobile (up 16% year-over-year), free-to-play games (up 17%) and pay-to-play/subscription games (up 12%). While Superdata estimated digital console sales of 500,000 copies for Injustice 2, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 fighting game was unable to prevent console digital revenues from shrinking 7% year-over-year.

That drop was partly attributable to the May 2016 launch of Overwatch, which set a high revenue bar in a historically slow part of the year. The decline was even worse on PC, which didn't have a version of Injustice helping to offset the decline. Year-over-year, digital revenues in the premium PC space were down 30%.

PC:

1. League of Legends
2. Crossfire
3. Fantasy Westward Journey Online II
4. Dungeon Fighter Online
5. DOTA 2
6. World of Warcraft
7. World of Tanks
8. Overwatch
9. New Westward Journey Online II
10. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Console:

1. FIFA 17
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Battlefield 1
4. Injustice 2
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
6. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
7. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
8. Overwatch
9. NBA 2K17
10. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege

Mobile:

1. Clash Royale
2. Clash of Clans
3. Monster Strike
4. Mobile Strike
5. Game of War: Fire Age
6. Fate/Grant Order
7. Candy Crush Saga
8. Lineage 2 Revolution
9. Fantasy Westward Journey
10. Honour of Kings