Analysts and industry observers were expecting 
June’s video game sales numbers to be pretty awful. Unfortunately, they were right.
Software sales tumbled 15 percent last month to $531.3 million, according to The NPD Group, which tracks retail sales of video games. A surge in hardware sales, spurred by temporary price cuts to the Xbox 360, salvaged the industry’s overall total, though it was still six percent lower than last year.
Chris Morris: Journalist 