NEW YORK (AP) An industry research firm says that U.S. retail sales of new video game hardware, software and accessories fell for the ninth straight month in August.
The NPD Group said late Thursday that overall sales fell 20 percent to $515.6 million.
Software sales the video games themselves excluding PC titles fell 9 percent from a year earlier to $237.7 million. Sales of hardware such as Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 fell 39 percent to $150.6 million. Accessories slid 7 percent to $127.3 million.
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