Although Japan’s video game market shrank 10.5 percent in the fiscal first half, the second half is looking brighter amid updates to popular software titles and price cuts for major consoles, market researcher Enterbrain Inc. said Friday.
In the six months to September, hardware sales fell 15.1 percent and software sales dropped 7.5 percent compared with the same period last year.
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