Gaming Industry Falls Short in 2010; Xbox 360 and Kinect Skyrockets

Xbox 360 and Kinect sales skyrocketed as they inch closer to the perennial winner, the Nintendo Wii. But even as the Microsoft console goes up, the entire industry starts to falter.
NPD reported last week that the video game industry didn’t do so well in 2010 despite huge hardware and software launches plus the emergence of extra-retail sources such as digital distribution and social games. Xbox 360 and Kinect sales on the other hand have skyrocketed threatening Nintendo Wii’s dominance, but wasn’t enough to compensate for the loss of the industry for the year.
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