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Not All Video Game Industry Sales Are Slipping

By Luke Plunkett on September 15, 2009 at 7:30 PM

Video game sales are down! There is doom and gloom! Wailing and gnashing of teeth! The sky is falling! Unless, that is, you’re in the accessory or peripheral business.

A comparison by Gamasutra, using NPD Group numbers, has shown that while software and hardware sales in August 2009 were down on 2008’s numbers, sales of “accessories” increased by 2.3%.

Of course, that did little to stem the overall year-on-year bleed for the industry as a whole, but still, it’s nice to find a positive amidst all the doom, no?

NPD: Behind the Numbers, August 2009 [Gamasutra]

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  • Jay
    September 15, 2009 at 9:24 PM

    Ughh.. Nintendo & that thing that came with Wii Sports Resort. Probably has something to do with 2.3% rise.

    I’d say Nintendo make up majority of the accessory percentage.

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