Katherine Brice
Deputy Editor, GamesIndustry.biz

06/07/2009 @ 15:31

Japanese game sales drop 24% from last year

Japanese sales data for the first half of 2009 shows a year-on-year drop in hardware and software sales totalling 24.4 per cent. The figures show hardware sales in the country have fallen 27.6 per cent while software sales have declined by 21.8 per cent.

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