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IPFS News Link • Economy - Economics USA

Video Game Sales Make Surprise Plunge in April

05-13-2010 • CNBC.com

On the whole, sales were off 26 percent to $766 million, with software sales (the most closely followed of the numbers) plunging 22 percent to $398.5 million, according to NPD Group, which tracks video game sales. Because April 2009 had relatively light sales (and thus, an easy comparable) industry insiders and investors were hoping to at least tow the line. It was the industry’s fourth worst year-over-year decline—and it puts overall sales 11 percent behind last year’s sluggish pace.

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Reported By Jack Gregson

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