US video game market sales fall 13% year-on-year in January

According to a study published in Thursday (February 11) by market research firm NPD Group, sales of U.S. video game hardware, software and accessories in January 2010 were close to $1.2 billion trillion, down 13% from a year earlier, the report said February 13.　　This is the game industry after a difficult 2009 years after the fall again.　　Video game software sales revenue is 597.9 million U.S. dollars, down 12% year-on-year. The best-selling game software of the January was Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros., followed by the "Quality Effect 2", which was launched by the Electronic Arts industry on January 26.　　Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" and Nintendo's "Wii Body strengthening version" and other games are also popular. January video game hardware sales revenue is 353.7 million U.S. dollars, down 21% year-on-year.　　Last December, video game hardware sales were nearly 2.2 billion dollars, up from the same period in 2008. Nintendo's Wii sales are 465,800, the first in the list, NPD said. Handheld DS game sales are 422,200 units, ranked second. Microsoft's Xbox 360 sales are 332,800, ranking third.　　Sony PS3 game console sales are 276,900 units, ranked at the end.　　Game Accessories Sales revenue is 217 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 2%. Sony senior vice president Peter Dille said the Sony PS3 game consoles have a sudden increase in demand.　　He expects the PS3 game supply strain to continue for another two months. Reggie Fils-aime, president of Nintendo's US company, also said the supply of Wii consoles was tight.　　The biggest challenge for Nintendo in Wii consoles, he says, is to continue to meet demand.　　Xbox spokeswoman David Dennis says Microsoft has no supply and demand problems. Author: Tianhong