Corey Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 NPD Group last week announced that video games sales for the month of April were down 26% and software sales plummeted from $630.4 million to $307.2 million, representing a 42% decline from April 2011. The numbers shocked industry analysts, who predicted a maximum software decline of 27%. The only segment of the gaming industry that did not suffer was the accessories segment, which grew a mere 0.5% from $147.8 million last year to $148.6 million this year. According Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews, “should the contraction from 2011 continue at this pace, annual U.S. retail video game revenue in 2012 could fall below the $12.6 billion figure from 2006,” representing a six-year low since the first full year of Xbox 360 sales and the launch year for both the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3. Read View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncasid Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 It might be because they know a new system will be coming out soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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