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U.S. video game industry down again in May

article published on 2 July, 2010

The NPD Group has released their latest U.S. video game industry sales figures, and unsurprisingly the industry was down again for the month of May. Overall sales fell 5 percent year-over-year (YoY), with hardware dragging the numbers down with a 20 percent plummet. Software, on the other hand, rose 4 percent for the period. Sales of software, hardware and accessories fell to $823.5 ... [ read the full article ]

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dEwMe
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_ 		2. July 2010 @ 12:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DOH, and they didn't even blame piracy? lol

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biglo30
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_ 		2. July 2010 @ 13:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well what do they expect there nothing good coming out these days. The game developers are starting to take the story lines a little too serious and forgetting about the game play. Sure a good story line is needed but when the game only takes about 12 hours to complete its like a waste of time.
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HTOWN_713
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_ 		2. July 2010 @ 13:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Piracy has nothing to do with hardware sales.If anything, it would make it boom. Software, on the other hand, which i feel they incorrectly stated as video games, would drop. I feel that video games themselves should be considered hardware, considering its not apart of the system unless its downloadable. But this just means something new, like kinect, needs to hurry and be expedited to the public.
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DXR88
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_ 		2. July 2010 @ 19:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
its hype month for software, there are 2 games out this fall that i will play, 2 more out in 2011 i will play.

i just wish they'd stop with 3D and start working on dynamic motions and wear and tear.
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