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Analyst: US PC game retail sales way down in October

PC game developers and publishers have been preaching for a long time that digital distribution is becoming a bigger force in the sale of PC games versus selling them at retail stores. Now Gamasutra reports that a financial analyst has said PC game retail sales in the US are way down in year-over-year revenues.

Analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan stated that according to NPD Group figures, revenue from PC game retail sales came in at just $27 million in October, down a whopping 38 percent from the same period a year ago. While he doesn't address the situation further it's clear that people are less and less inclined to buy a PC game at a brick-and-mortar retailer and are instead using download services and also playing free-to-play online games with in-game item purchases.

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