Thursday, July 28, 2005
Sales of U.S. video games hardware, software and accessories rose 21 percent in the first six months of the year, thank to the rising popularity of handheld devices, a study said.
The video games industry saw sales rise to over $4.1 billion in the period, from $3.4 billion in 2004, research firm NPD Group said in a report. Overall unit sales rose 11 percent, according to the study.
NPD said the gains were buoyed by the introduction of new portable handheld game devices, including Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s DS dual-screen machine. Overall, portable game hardware sales rose 181 percent over a year ago, the study said.
Whereas sales of console hardware, such as Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox, fell 6 percent.
By: DocMemory
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