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[Train wreck]

Seece said:

pezus said:

Seece said:
Still, the January results are so poor that their validity should be questioned, says Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter. From 2004 to 2011, January software sales have averaged $518 million, making this month's $355.9 million figure "just hard to digest," he says. "It also makes no sense that sales are below the level from 2004, when games were cheaper and the installed base of consoles was much lower. ... I don't know if the NPD is getting faulty data, but these numbers make no sense."

Maybe adjustments?

Hmm, perhaps NPD overestimated November and previous months? THat or the industry really is this down.

I keep looking back at december and all the electronic retailers here in the US that warned on sales and earnings and thats the only thing i can think of, November was a absolute top for videogames sales (maybe for a long while) and people are just tapped out.  But if there was discrepancy, i dont see why any of the console makers or publishers are saying anything opposite, they carter they monthly statements to what NPD says.