U.S. gamers spent about the same amount of money on video games last year as they did in 2009, even as sales of consoles and other hardware took a plunge. Purchases of physical game discs slid 5%, in spite of the record-breaking success of “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” but downloadable and social-network games made up the difference.
Continue reading More Downloads, Fewer Discs: U.S. Video Game Sales Remain Flat
More Downloads, Fewer Discs: U.S. Video Game Sales Remain Flat originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:00:00.
Filed Under: Technology, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Nintendo, Retail