Gaming Sales Buck The Credit Crunch

Posted Friday 18th April 2008 by Catherine in Uncategorized.

Is the credit crunch all hype by the press? In another show of defiance that we are not all about to sink into financial ruin, it has been reported that sales video games and software in the US rose by 57% or the last year.

Games, consoles and accessories set the consumer back $1.7 billion during March alone says research firm, NPD. The Nintendo Wii went to 720,000 people and 262,000 bought Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console. Sony sold a mere 257,000 units, which is not to be sniffed at considering we are meant to be on the brink of a recession.

Maybe people are just unable to resist the new Super Smash Bros Brawl, making it the best selling game in the States which saw Nintendo sell 2.7 million copies. Next on the popularity list came Vegas 2, the Xbox version of Rainbow six with 752,000 sales.

It has pleased Microsoft to be able to say they have taken over sales of consoles with their Xbox after recently falling behind because of supply issues which have now been resolved and Sony claim last year a roaring success with PlayStation 3 sales doubling over the past year. They also hope that the release of new games such as Gran Turismo 5 and Metal Gear solid 4 would continue to show them as a success.

This leads us to the conclusion that consumers actually do have more disposable income than the press would have us believe or everyone’s going hungry to keep up with the latest gaming technology. I know which one I prefer to believe!

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