First Quarter 2012 Physical Retail Down 26% Says NPD

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  First Quarter 2012 Physical Retail Down 26% Says NPD

  Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News On: 02 Jul

  NPD released their first quarter 2012 gaming industry sales data today which showed that consumers spent about $1.5 billion on new physical video game and PC software, down 26% from $2.03 billion last year. While digital sales are up from last year they’re still not enough to offset shrinking physical retail sales as the game [...]

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  EA Executive – $60 For Retail Games Is ‘Exploitative’

  Posted By: Nick Hernandez In: Gaming News On: 24 Mar

  Ben Cousins, EA’s general manager of the company’s free-to-play division at Easy Studios, has called out the company saying that their standard business model of charging consumers $60 for a new game is “exploitative.”

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