Just when I thought the video game industry was thriving with AAA titles such as Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Christmas season, CBS has reported video game sales were down by 21% for December compared to 2010. The industry is blaming the old consoles for the declining sales. They’re probably right, everybody that wanted a console, whether it’s a PS3, Xbox 360 or a WII probably has one by now. The systems are affordable that you can even have all three consoles for a cheap price…hint Craigslist.
What I don’t get is that software sales were also down by 14%. The titles I mentioned got good to great reviews but I guess the gamers are tired of sequels. Maybe this will motivate developers to create more innovative games. Zelda: Skyward Sword is supposedly one of the best title in the franchise yet it only sold 140k copies in its first week.
Source: CBS News
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