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Sales of video-game consoles and new games purchased at retail dropped in 2010, but revenue from mobile-game applications and games on social networks helped make up for the shortfall, according to market researchers at NPD Group. Game-console sales fell 13 percent to $6.3 billion. Sales of new video games purchased at retail declined 6 percent to $9.4 billion. However, the total amount spent on the games themselves, including online and mobile games, was flat at about $15.5 billion.
The top-selling game in December was “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” which broke entertainment records after its November launch.
