Video game industry had it's best month ever in December of 2009

According to NPD, the video game industry turned in U.S. sales of $5.53 billion in December(2009), up 4 percent from $5.32 billion a year earlier, recording it's best month ever. While it could not have been any more of a relief to the companies in the video games business that they had finally turned in a month of year-over-year growth, the December results were especially impressive given that in December 2008 the industry for the first time surpassed the $5 billion mark for a single month. (read more at cnet news)