March Video Game Retail Sales Raise 6 Percent
March Video Game Retail Sales Raise 6 Percent
Posted 04/18/2010 at 8:32am
| by Justin Kerr
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After almost a year of straight declines, video game hardware and software sales are finally on the way up according to market research group NPD. Total game sales climbed by 6 percent from the same month a year earlier to $1.52 billion helped in large part by big console releases such as God of War 3, Final Fantasy XIII, and Battlefield Bad Company 2.
The industry overall was predicting a slight pickup in March, but estimates pegged it at a slightly more conservative 3 percent said Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich. Overall the industry is still down considerably since the start of the recession having shed almost 7 percent during that period, but any improvement is a positive signal.
Activision Blizzard who didn't have any major releases in the first quarter are also predicting a bump in revenues based on continuing strong demand for World of Warcraft and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
So have you been spending more on games lately?
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aCi11i3s
April 19, 2010 at 4:52pm
In March bought LFD2 for myself and a friend who is moving away. What a blast that game is. Also bought Mass Effect and thoroughly enjoying it. Only play PC games, and of course WoW still takes most of my free time.
geared
April 19, 2010 at 6:34am
nice i bought 2 of the 3 games they mentioned; ff13 and bad company 2 pc. im glad i helped pick up the sales by .000001%
BeEazy10
April 18, 2010 at 10:31am
Lately i have been spending a large some of money on video games, but decided to get game fly to cut down on my budget. I love to collect video game so i still buy/rent games, i only buy a game when its a big hit!
DBsantos77
April 18, 2010 at 7:03pm
I would go that same route, but they don't do PC games. It's understandable though, you would have to install the game and get the files. After you return the disc you just need a crack for full access, so better to avoid teh problem.
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SininStyle
April 18, 2010 at 9:18am
Better games = better sales welcome to retail. its about time we had some decent games to buy.
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