U.S. video game sales slide 23% in August

Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories in the United States continued to slide in August according to new data from NPD Group, again dipping more than 20% compared to the same period last year. Overall industry sales slid 23% to $669.9 million last month from $873.8 million in August 2010. Hardware sales were down 12% from last year to $249.4 million,�accessory�sales were down just 1% to $134.7 million and software sales plummeted 34% to $264.8 million.�”August 2011 sales saw a decline versus August 2010�in all categories except for portable games hardware,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier in a statement. “In software, the bulk of the decline can be attributed�to the shift of the annual Madden release from August

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