NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 29 percent in June, marking the seventh consecutive month of decline.
Sales totaled $700 million. Sales of console and portable software - the video games themselves - fell 29 percent from a year earlier to $329 million. Sales of hardware fell 45 percent to $201 million. That was offset partly by a 4 percent increase in sales of accessories, to $170 million.
The study from NPD Group tracks sales of new physical products - about 50 percent to 60 percent of the total spending. Excluded are sales of used games and rentals as well as digital and social-network spending.
NPD also listed the top-selling games in June:
1. 'Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes,' Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. Interactive
2. 'Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier,' Ubisoft Group
3. 'Diablo III,' Activision Blizzard Inc.
4. 'Max Payne 3,' Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
5. 'NBA 2K12,' Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
6. 'Batman Arkham City,' Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. Interactive
7. 'Pokemon Conquest,' Nintendo Co.
8. 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,' Activision Blizzard Inc.
9. 'Battlefield 3,' Electronic Arts Inc.
10. 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' Activision Blizzard Inc.
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