According to the latest NPD Group figures, software sales for the video game industry collapsed in March, but strong hardware and accessories sales helped buoy the numbers.
The Nintendo 3DS sold 380,000 units in its first three days, falling slightly behind the Xbox 360 at 430,000 for the month.
Altogether, however, the DS line took the month easily, with 460,000 sales for the DS, ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:software sales for the video game industry collapsed in March, but strong hardware and accessories sales helped buoy the numbers.
Another way to look at it is that hardware sales spiked, leaving no disposable income for software. That is the natural result when you release a system with BC support and few new games (none of them any good).
I'd be interested to see what year the consoles were made that are selling,there's a mod shop over here that has a few brand spanking new 360's from 09 for sale all are jtagged,naturally i had to get one,yeah & for sure the bundle with kinect is pretty cheap if you go that route