It seemed as if the only recession proof business in the world was the video game business but this years trend is showing a big downturn.
Compared to sells of 1.72 billion for last years quarter, sales were 1.43 billion comparing data with 2008 sales figures reported by the NPD Group.
Further results shows hardware sales have fallen from 18%, accessory sales fell by 15%, and software sales by 17%
Some excuses for the sales figures are due to Easter coming a month later compared to last year when it was in March. The sales for March of 2008 was $121 million so comparing results for the quarter are different.
It seems the Nintendo Wii is still the king of sales at 601,000 units sold for the month compared to 330,000 for the Xbox 360 and 218,000 for the PS3.
Tags: video games