U.S. video game sales for the month of June are expected to be down 34 percent compared to a year ago, according to a forecast released overnight by analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities.
Sales are a closely watched barometer of the health of the traditional game industry; they do not include some of the fastest-growing parts of the game industry, such as social, mobile, and online games. Market researcher NPD is expected to report final numbers for the physical sales of games Thursday. Year to date overall retail game industry sales are down 25 percent.
Humble Bundle has just released its new bundle that brings together eight popular Batman games. With every purchase of this bundle, you will be supporting the charity of your choice.
Wow. That is so cheap, but I know I personally already have all the games in the list. haha. I guess I should have waited.
DSOGaming writes: "Last week, we assumed that a Batman collection would be available for free on EGS. And it appears we were right. Epic Games has just announced that six Batman games are now available for free on the Epic Games Store."
"Later this month (17th Nov to be exact), the first season of Batman: The Telltale Series will be making its way to Switch. The story-driven adventure game take on Batman is great fun, and a unique take on the legend of the Dark Knight. It’s great to see the caped crusader making a re-appearance on a Nintendo console, so we thought what better time to revisit the best Batman games on Nintendo so far! No matter the place on the list, we think these are all some great games!"
Yeah, industry declining.
There's nothing coming out. Surprise surprise.
Well, the mass power outage in the northeast probably didn't help.
"Sales are a closely watched barometer of the health of the traditional game industry; they do not include some of the fastest-growing parts of the game industry, such as social, mobile, and online games. "
Exactly. Stop freaking out, Pachter.