Games sales up; Blu-ray still disappointing

by Dean Evans at Monday 26th January, 2009 at 1:12 pm [0 comments]

According to market research firm Media Control Gfk, consumers bought more video games than DVD and Blu-ray titles in 2008. In fact, games edged out home movies by 53 per cent to 47 per cent.

It was also reported that global sales of videogame software has risen an encouraging 20 percent in 2008, reaching $32 billion, while DVD and Blu Ray Sales had dropped six percent for the year, falling at $29.8 billion.

It is thought that the biggest contributing factors to the steady increase in game sales was Nintendo’s Wii, while home movie media is being curbed by the transition from DVD to Blu-Ray.

Global game sales overtake DVD/Blu-ray [CVG]

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