June US video game industry sales fall to record 9-year high

Beijing time July 17 morning news, according to foreign media reported today, market research company NPD Group said today, the Nintendo Wii game demand is weak and no game published by the drag, the June U.S. video game industry sales of only 1.17 billion U.S. dollars, fell 31%, the decline in the near 9-year high. Hardware sales in the US video game industry fell 38% to $382.6 million in June, and software sales fell 29% to 625.8 million dollars, NPD group said. The June 2008 U.S. video game industry sales rose by 54% to 1.7 billion dollars in "alloy gear" and "Guitar Hero: World Tour".　　Sales fell 12% in the first half of the year. "This is a concrete reflection of the economic crisis in the video game industry," Anita Frazier, NPD Group analyst Anita Frezey, said in a statement.　　"June Wii sales fell 46% to 361,700 units, PS 3 sales fell 59% to 164,700 units, Xbox 360 sales increased by 9.5% to 240,600 units." In June, the sales of video game industry fell to a record high in nearly 9 years, Fraser said. September 2000 US video game industry sales fell 41%. (Zhi Xiang)