by It appears that the recession has finally caught up to the video game market. Sales have decreased by around a third compared to what they were last year. This syncs up with our most recent article on the Game Economy Influencing Microsoft Games and Game Prices. Here's some of the figures;
The entire video game market in the U.S. was worth US$1.2 billion in June, down 31 percent from the same period last year, according to NPD Group. Software accounted for more than half the market with sales of $625.8 million, down 29 percent on June last year, while game hardware sales came in at $382.6 million, down 38 percent.
Those declines mark the worst year-on-year since September 2000, when the market witnessed a 40 percent fall, and it could get worse.
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