Wave of Video Game Fatigue Afflicts Sales, Not Thumbs - New York Times

Wave of Video Game Fatigue Afflicts Sales, Not Thumbs - New York Times: "From 2000 to 2004, sales of gaming software and hardware in the United States increased to $9.9 billion, from $6.7 billion, according to sales figures compiled by the NPD Group, and the video game industry likes to claim that it is now bigger than Hollywood (which is only true if movie box-office figures alone - a single slice of movie revenue - are considered).
Lately the news has not been as good. In 2005, total sales of hardware, software and accessories grew by 6 percent, to $10.5 billion, mostly on the strength of portable game systems like the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and the Sony PlayStation Portable. But software sales for consoles like the Microsoft Xbox and the PlayStation 2, which represent the heart of the industry, declined 12 percent, according to NPD. "