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Game sales hit 3-year low in the US
For the month of May, video game sales in the US dropped 23 percent compared to last year and a three year low, dropping below the $1 billion sales mark for the first time since August 2007, according to recent data from NPD.
Total sales in May, including consoles, games and accessories, were at $863 million compared to $1.12 billion the year before. Console sales were down 30%, software sales down 17% and accessories down 25%.
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Resident Evil 5 Breaks Records
The newest survival horror title from the excellent Resident Evil pedigree is breaking records. Not for body count, not for the most controversy for early screenshots or anything to do with the content; it’s all about the shipping. Over four million units were sent out in the very first shipment, the biggest first shipment for any game in the series. Hard numbers for the game sales are currently unavailable since it’s been out for less than a week in the western world, but given the popularity of the series, huge shipments and impressive sales figures for Japan (319,590 units sold for the PS3 and 79,157 sold for the Xbox 360) we’re likely to get confirmation soon that the game is selling excellently everywhere.
The game will likely go platinum soon (if it hasn’t already), with nearly half a million sold in the first week in Japan alone and with Capcom announcing that over forty million units for the whole series have been shipped as of now.