NPD: Price cuts cause surge in hardware sales

Market research firm The NPD Group has revealed its US game hardware sales data for the month of August, 2009, showing an overall 25 per cent decline in hardware-based revenue over the same period last year, but with some much-needed good news in the form of increased unit sales month-over-month.

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