Hardware, push sales video games

This time in December, sales of video games in the United States (U.S.) has increased compared to the previous month. But still not able to increase gaming revenue than the previous year.

Research firm NPD, via MSNBC, said that overall, Americans spent more than $ 5, 5 million billion in one month just to buy the game software, hardware and accessories supporting the other game.

According to NPD, if you only count the games console sales, overall sales increased approximately 16 percent to $ 2, 2 billion compared to the previous month. For the console business, Nintendo Wii still reigned in the first position, compared to rival PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

In addition, software sales increased rapidly. NPD reported Americans spent approximately $ 2, 6 billion during December to buy the game software. This figure is actually down approximately 7 percent compared to sales of game software last year.

Overall, video game sales fell 8 percent to just USD19, 7 billion. This decrease is calculated enough in the year than in 2008 and which reached a record USD21, 4 billion.