Video Game Sales Hit Four-Year Low in May

5:43 AM PDT 6/14/2011 by Georg Szalai

"L.A. Noire" was the top-selling game, but one analyst says a digital release for "Call of Duty: Black Ops" "shifted some dollars that might have been spent on new physical content at retail.”

NEW YORK - The video game industry in May hit its lowest monthly U.S. retail revenue from physical product since Oct. 2006.