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The economic crisis in the North American PC games revenue to dwindle 14%
NPD Group's latest report showed that U.S. retail PC game market in total revenue in 2008 only 701 million U.S. dollars, compared with the previous year substantially reduced by 14%.

Prior to this, the U.S. PC game was in 2007, experienced a 6 percent decline, even in a "World of Warcraft," "The Sims 2" and other works in 2006, an increase of only 1%, and once reached 970 million U.S. dollars .

In contrast, host game revenues increased 26 percent during the same period, reaching 10.96 billion U.S. dollars, is 15.6 times the PC game.

But NPD Group, did not take into account statistics and micro-transactions, online purchase and download PC games such as online subscription sales.