US video game sales jumped 29% in September!
October 13th, 2006 by Kit AllenSales of video games such as Electronic Arts Inc.’s “Madden NFL 07″ helped push U.S. game sales up 29 percent to $446 million in September, the market research group NPD said Friday.Overall industry sales were up 38 percent to $777 million, led by sales of Nintendo Co. Ltd’s DS, a dual-screened, handheld player that sold more than 400,000 units in the United States in September.
Year-to-date sales were up 11 percent from a year ago, with all signs pointing to a record-breaking year for the industry, NPD analyst Anita Frazier said.
“If anyone in the industry still doubts that the video games market has recovered from its downturn earlier this year, this month’s results should lay that concern to rest,” Frazier said of the September results.
