Video Games on Losing Streak
Gamers are also looking to free online outlets for games. "The trick is to continue to figure out how to monetize all the gaming that is going on across PC, mobile devices and video game systems," NPD analyst Anita Frazier said in a statement.
But Frazier said digital distribution does not yet have enough impact on the console market to be an overly meaningful factor in the retail downturn. NPD does not include PC games in its monthly sales data. Even with the industry down 12% for the year-to-date period, experts still believe full-year sales can be flat to slightly up compared to 2008, as long as highly-anticipated game releases are not pushed back to 2010.- Loading Comments...
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