U.S. Video-Game Retail Sales Slide 10% in March, NPD Says
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U.S. retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories fell 10 percent to $992.5 million last month, according to researcher NPD Group Inc., extending a slump fueled by gamers shifting to mobile gadgets.
Hardware sales fell the most, declining 32 percent to $221.6 million, compared with a year ago, Port Washington, New York-based NPD said in an e-mailed statement today. Software sales for the current generation consoles, which have been on the market for seven years, slipped 1 percent to $554.8 million.