Report: Video Game Software Sales Down 6% in Q3Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 6, 2009 - 10:18am.
New York - Video game software
sales across the U.S.,
Europe and Japan
fell 6% during the third quarter of 2009, according to a report combining sales
data from NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain. While Japan actually
saw video game software unit sales increase by 15% in the third quarter --
compared with the 20% decline seen in the same period last year -- year-to-date
sales in the country are down 9%, according to Enterbrain.The U.K. saw that largest aggregate drop in unit sales, reporting a decline of 19%, while game unit sales fell 9% in the U.S. Year-to-date sales in the U.K. are down 13%, and 8% in the U.S. The top-selling games in the third quarter, when data from all three territories are combined, were "Dragon Quest IX" (Square Enix); "Wii Sports Resort" (Nintendo); "Madden NFL 10" (Electronic Arts); "Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver" (Nintendo); and "Halo 3: ODST" (Microsoft).
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