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a number of successful new releases

The U.S. retail RS Gold game market has seen continuing declines throughout 2012, thanks to an ever-expanding digital market and a noted lack of new releases. While a number of new titles in September helped alleviate that retail Runeacape game drought, the market is still seeing declines as we inch closer to the holiday season.Major Runeacape games like Madden NFL 13, Borderlands 2, and Runeacape all saw healthy sales when they debuted in September, but compared to last year, the retail industry is struggling to keep up. Looking at the retail Runeacape game space overall including hardware , the NPD Group reports that sales reached $848.3 million for the month, marking a 24 percent decline compared to September 2011.Factoring in used sales, rentals, and digital sales, however, the firm estimates that the total consumer spend on Runeacape games was just under $1.6 billion.SoftwareDespite a number of successful new releases, software sales in September fell 14 percent to $547.3 million. NPD reports that this decline is largely due to weak comparisons to Gears of War 3 and Dead Island from last year.Madden, Borderlands 2, and Runeacape all led the software charts for the month, and new MMO titles like Runeacape also found their way into the top 10. New Super Mario Bros. 2 which debuted in August also held a spot on the charts,13 represented the best month one performance at retail for a Madden title ever."Borderlands 2, meanwhile, saw its first month sales increase 234 percent compared to its October 2009 predecessor.HardwareHardware suffered even more than software this month, as this category saw sales drop a full 39 percent to $210.9 million. Much of this decline, however, can be attributed to the aging home consoles, and Runescape Gold Callahan said, "Hardware sales are up on an average sales per week basis compared to August for the NDS, 3DS, PS3, Vita and 360, which points to momentum heading into the holiday season."