U.S. Video-Game Retail Sales Tumbled 25 Percent in May
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U.S. retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent to $386.3 million last month as consumers shifted to digital titles played on mobile devices and awaited next-generation consoles.
Hardware sales fell 31 percent to $96 million from a year earlier, Port Washington, New York-based NPD Group Inc. said in an e-mail today. Software sales for the current generation consoles also tumbled 31 percent, to $175.1 million.