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Games industry faces declining retail sales, bets on digital downloads

Games industry faces declining retail sales, bets on digital downloads

Video game retail sales were at an all-time low in many regions last week, and TIGA, a UK-based association of video game developers, announced its suggested plan for dealing with the downturn: place the industry’s hopes in digital downloads. UK game retailers only pulled in £8.4 million a week ago, which MCV reports is the lowest haul the industry has [...]