total sales were $1.17 billion in June, dropping 31-percent when compared to the $1.7 billion earned in June 2008."This is one of the first months where I think the impact of the economy is clearly reflected in the sales numbers," said NPD's Anita Frazier....

video games industry continues to struggle with difficult comparisons to last year, and this is the first month that industry sales have dipped below $1B since August 2007," NPD’s Anita Frazier said. "May is typically one of the lowest revenue-generating...

difficult economic environment is a factor to consider, our monthly consumer spending indicator study still shows that video games is the category that consumers tell us they're least likely to cut their spending on in coming months," NPD analyst Anita Frazier...

and 588,000 DS Lites sold, according to retail sales data collected by the NPD Group.“The U.S. video games industry continues to post strong year-over-year comps despite the tough economy,” said Anita Frazier of the NPD Group. “Unit sales increased even...

the PlayStation 3 selling 218,000, the PSP at 168,000, and the undying PS2 at 112,000."If there was one area that surprised me this month, it was hardware sales," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier said. "While it's not unusual for March hardware sales to be lower...