NPD: Industry Sales Down 34 Percent, Hurt by Lack of New Launches
Existing titles did not perform as well either, and the lack of a Kinect boost hurt overall industry stats.
Existing titles did not perform as well either, and the lack of a Kinect boost hurt overall industry stats.
Meanwhile, the NBA is back, and that's good for NBA 2K12.
NPD will officially be granted point-of-sale data from the nation's biggest retailer.
The top software charts for December and the year are in, and Activision and Ubisoft shoud be very pleased.
From a total content spend viewpoint, however, NPD says sales were down just two percent.
NPD estimates that digital spending beat out physical retail spending on game software.
NPD's November report shows Call of Duty, Skyrim and Battlefield leading the way, as Xbox 360 drives hardware.
So far, 1.65 million 3DS units have been sold since launch.
It was a solid month for the U.S. games industry, kicking off the start of the Q4 holiday period.
Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 for Wii is actually the best selling game of the year in the U.S. through September.