games.ign.com - 7/30/2009
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July 27, 2009 - The June 2009 NPD results were not good for traditional retail outlets. The latest figures revealed a fourth consecutive month of year-over-year decline in videogame retail sales. June saw the largest decline in year-to-year sales since September 2000, with a decline of 41%. ...
testfreaks.com - 7/29/2009
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Remember Arkanoid? I do, it’s an old game
that’s been around for quite some time, even though...
it’s old it’s still a bit of fun, breaking blocks by bouncing a ball around the screen is not a bad way to spend some time. Taito ...
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Steam, other download services saw huge growth in June
The Tech Report: News —
... 9:39 AM on July 30, 2009 While market researchers often post detailed estimates for retail game sales, the world of digital distribution seems to come under much less scrutiny. According to recent numbers snagged by IGN, however, that market is booming in spite of the economic downturn . IGN says Valve has revealed that, in June, sales on its Steam digital distribution service increased "a whopping 97%" compared to June 2008. In the same time frame, IGN's own Direct2Drive service has seen sales grow 56%, and Microsoft has witnessed an equally impressive 73% growth in Xbox ...
Online game sales booming
DV Hardware —
While sales of video games at traditional retail outlets have declined significantly, the digital distribution market saw big gains last month. IGN reports their own Direct2Drive download service saw its sales increase by 56 percent while Valve reports a 97 percent increase in download sales: ...
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