Administrator DKT27 Posted August 14, 2009 Administrator Share Posted August 14, 2009 In a stark reversal of the trend on display just a few short months ago--when general retail sales were plummeting even as the video games industry was still showing growth--cautious optimism in retail is now being offset by many losing months in video games.In July, according to industry analyst the NPD Group, video game sales fell for the fifth straight month, and the year-over-year numbers are striking: In July, the video games business posted sales of $848.9 million, down 29 percent from $1.1 billion a year earlier. Year-to-date sales, reported NPD, were at $8.16 billion, down 14 percent from the same time period a year ago. And things are only getting worse. While the industry's June numbers were down a full 31 percent from a year earlier, they still topped nine figures, coming in at $1.17 billion in June. But that means that in July, sales were down 27.4 percent from just a month earlier. It wasn't that long ago that many people were making the argument that video games--because of their relatively low cost and many hours of entertainment value--were seen as close to recession-proof. But now, it would be hard for anyone to make that case. Full Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4ur1c10 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 This is just too abstract! Which part of video game industry, consoles or games? Great names of video games or plain and bland pets/makeup games? PC included? It's hard get conclusions without more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 16, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2009 Just four words for it - for every type games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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