Game Sales Down

[The Pieyed Piper]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/168579/npd_june_fourth_month_of_video_game_sales_declines_xbox_360_resilient.html

More bad news: June 2009 saw the greatest year-over-year monthly decline since September 2000, when the industry dropped 41%.

Why the sudden sharp tumble over the cliff? Writes Frazier, "This is one of the first months where I think the impact of the economy is clearly reflected in the sales numbers." Another way to look at it: Absent last year's celebrity franchise titles, gamers are less inclined to drop disposable income on second or third stringers.

[Happy Panther]

Could also be the the continued rise of netflix type game rentals (helping the trend anyway)

[RedMage138]

Or that no great games came out in june

[Doc Holiday]

I was about to say that there was nothing note worthy at all to come out in June

[Joscott]

For me right now, it's just the $60 price tag. I wanted to get Infamous, but with the my next semester coming up, I needed other things before a video game.