Video game sales showed their first increase in almost two years last month, NPD Group reported on Thursday. Gaming hardware sales weren’t so fortunate — they were down 40 percent compared with August 2012, according NPD’s August report on sales in the physical retail sector of the video game industry. Total new physical software sales, however, were up 21 percent. “Video game retail software sales had their first positive month, up 23 percent, since November 2011,” said NPD analyst Liam Callahan
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New Titles Buoy Video Game Sales
Posted by: Peter Suciu September 13, 2013 03:56 PMVideo game sales showed their first increase in almost two years last month, NPD Group reported on Thursday. Gaming hardware sales weren’t so fortunate — they were down 40 percent compared with August 2012, according NPD’s August report on sales in the physical retail sector of the video game industry. Total new physical software sales, however, were up 21 percent. “Video game retail software sales had their first positive month, up 23 percent, since November 2011,” said NPD analyst Liam Callahan