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# Music Games Expected To Have Poor Holiday Sales
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-games-expected-to-have-poor-holiday-sales/
- Published: 2010-10-27T05:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-27T05:40:00.000Z
- Description: Music-based videogame sales are down 50% from the prior year. Profits in the category reached $875 million in 2009 and it is reported to be lucky if it breaks $500. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/music-games-expected-to-have-poor-holiday-sales.html]
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Music-based videogame sales are down **50%** from the prior year. Profits in the category reached $875 million in 2009 and it is reported to be lucky if it breaks $500 this year. Reasons for the decline are varied. Some suspect that each fan that wanted one already has a system and the innovations in the field were not enough to garner attention.

While a slew of games are entering the market this fall, they are not expected to bring the genre back to life. This leaves the record industry searching yet again for a platform that will engage fans and interest them buying music. "Perhaps the labels should have focused on keeping the games cheap," [writes](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101025/00001011558/oh-look-it-appears-music-video-games-were-a-bit-of-a-fad-too.shtml?ref=hypebot.com) **Mike Masnick** at TechDirt, "knowing that they actually helped drive more interest in the acts whose songs were available, helping to actually increase sales in other areas."

via [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69M06L20101023?pageNumber=2&ref=hypebot.com)