Videogame Sales Down

[*NormalGamer*]

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Videogame Sales Down
Sales fall for the seventh month in a row.

by Kathleen Sanders

April 18, 2006 - Sell, sell! Today the NPD group reported that U.S. videogame sales declined in March by 8%. March saw the industry generate the paltry sum of $499 million dollars.

Microsoft's new baby, Xbox 360, was responsible for $96 million of the total sales. Overall, hardware sales fell 31% to $220 million.

Topping the software sales list was Disney-Square festooned RPG Kingdom Hearts II for the PS2. Xbox 360 titles rounded out the top three. UbiSoft's Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter was the second-best seller, followed by Take-Two's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Said one NPD videogame analyst and all around nay-sayer, "Things are likely to get worse before they get better."

[Jason-RN]

Aren't there always low sales during "transition periods" when the current-gen consoles are dying and next-gen consoles are under a year away? I'm sure that sales will increase once all three next-gen systems are out.

[thelimper]

That is what I would figure. I don't see this as any sign of doom or anything. All the new consoles are coming and most people are probably either saving money for a new system, or they have already bought one like the 360.

[Justin-RN]

The gaming industry is fine and is going to see a big boom when all three next gen consoles are on the market.