U.S. Retail Game Sales Continue Decline

U.S. Retail Game Sales Continue Decline
[Aug 09, 2012, 8:28 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

NYTimes.com has the report from the NPD Group on retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories in the U.S. for July (thanks Neutronbeam), confirming indications they have dropped for the eighth consecutive month (though digital sales continue to rise). Word is:

Overall sales fell 20 percent to $548.4 million, according to research firm NPD Group.

Sales of consoles and portable software — the video games themselves — fell 23 percent from a year earlier to $278 million.

Sales of hardware fell 32 percent to $151 million. Accessories sales rose 8 percent to $137 million.

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Re: U.S. Retail Game Sales Continue Decline
Aug 10, 2012, 00:29

Parallax Abstraction

Re: U.S. Retail Game Sales Continue Decline Aug 10, 2012, 00:29

Aug 10, 2012, 00:29

Parallax Abstraction

Let's not forget that in addition to everything Ray's mentioned (amazes me how the enthusiast press seems to completely forget there's still a massive recession on, particularly so in Europe), July is normally one of the slowest months of the year and almost nothing came out. I remember when this used to be the Summer doldrums but now it's all DOOOOOOM from the enthusiast press. Ridiculous.

Parallax Abstraction
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