Video game sales continue to plummet, down 25% in March

2012’s losing streak for video game sales unfortunately kept right on going in March.

Sales of video game software were down 25 percent compared to last year. Hardware sales were down 35 percent, according to The NPD Group, which tracks the numbers. The totals, while disappointing, were within the range expected by Wall St. analysts.

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Better Business Bureau: ‘Mass Effect 3′ did falsely advertise

The seemingly never-ending saga of the ending of Mass Effect 3 has taken another odd twist.

The Better Business Bureau, in a blog post on its site, concedes that yes, technically, EA and Bioware are guilty of false advertising with the game.

However, the Bureau doesn’t seem overly concerned about it.

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Online retailer mistakes ‘Madden’ for ‘Mass Effect’

Mass Effect, Madden. Tomato, To-mah-to.

Some customers of online retailer Newegg got a rather unwelcome surprise earlier this week, when a screw-up by the company resulted in them getting a copy of the six-month-old ‘Madden NFL 12’ instead of the brand new ‘Mass Effect 3’ they were expecting.

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