gamedaily.com - 1/17/2009
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While the console video game market has been soaring (as demonstrated by the just released NPD 2008 totals ), PC game sales aren't so hot from a retail perspective, that is. The NPD Group has revealed to GameDaily BIZ that PC games totaled just $701 million in 2008, which is down 14 percent ...
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NPD Says PC Gaming Market in Decline, Even Though It’s Not
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Nothing against the NPD Group, but if it’d like to stare us straight in the eyes (as opposed to peering directly into our upturned nostrils), it might want to consider duct-taping a few new tools onto its measuring stick – at least, as far as PC gaming is concerned. The NPD Group recently released its 2008 PC game sales totals, wherein it concluded that our favorite platform is barely puttering along behind consoles’ gold-paved success parade, claiming that PC game sales are down 14% from 2008 . However, to be frank, they’re wrong. This is, of course, because NPD doesn’t ...
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