Nintendo dominates gaming industry TV advertising in February

After the usual post-Christmas lull in TV advertising, the gaming industry  with Nintendo in the lead came back big in February with an estimated outlay of $12 million, nearly twice January’s spend. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution platform, to bring you a monthly report on how gaming brands are spending. The results below are for the top five gaming-industry brands in February, ranked by estimated national TV ad spend. Nintendo takes first place with an estimated spend of $11.4 million on nine ads that ran over 1,200 times, generating 433 million TV ad impressions. “Switch My Way: Catching Up,” which aired during Super Bowl LIV, had the biggest outlay (est. $5.7 million). Fox, Adult Swim, and Comedy Central were three of the networks with the biggest spend, while top programming included the Super Bowl, South Park, and American Dad.