Packaged video game software sales in April increased 26% year-over-year to $503 million, according to the NPD Group. But Sony’s April 20 shutdown of its PlayStation Network appears to have had some impact on the market.
While Sony sold 204,000 PS3 consoles during the month, representing a 13% increase over sales in April 2009, rival Microsoft sold 297,000 Xbox 360 consoles during the month, a 60% increase from last year.
As CNBC reports, the newest installment of Sony’s popular “Socom” franchise also failed to chart with the month’s 10 best-selling games. That is likely due to the game being released one day before Sony shut down its network to assess the extent of hackers’ attack.
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