The 6 Most Ominous Trends in Video Games

[J T]

Portal 2 also came out in May. And PC saw the release of Fable 3 and Dirt 3.

[jfrost]

Portal 2 came out in April.

[Robonaut]

call me back if we have a steady decline for the next year or so.

Didn't anybody else see this part of the article?

"Year to date, the industry is a worrying 14 percent off of 2010's retail sales pace."

So, it's already more than just a one-month decline.

Although, another article indicated that these numbers only include retail sales (i.e. not downloads).

[o.pwuaioc]

Correlation? "UK retail sales fall 1.4% in May" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13789075

[Jmustang1968]

The market will have its fluctuating months. The important ones to follow are holiday sales. That and keep sales in perspective with te overall economic climate

[the7k]

So, in other words, May saw the release of L.A.Noire and a bunch of PC games which were likely bought digitally and thus likely didn't have their sales reported.

Yeah, I'm gonna file this one under "Not an issue".

[pakopako]

Whatever happened to buying a pair of plastic lightsabers and dueling it out amongst your friends?

[NeverGoBak]

Whatever happened to buying a pair of plastic lightsabers and dueling it out amongst your friends?

I do that.

[Erik_Twice]

Whatever happened to buying a pair of plastic lightsabers and dueling it out amongst your friends?

Buying some plastic tubing, tape and something soft drove it to the ground =P

[pakopako]

You guys still rock.