{
  "id": 2558230,
  "title": "Spending on physical games falls to lowest on record since 1995 — US console sales plunge 39% in July as memory costs push average price to $542",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/spending-on-physical-games-falls-to-lowest-on-record-since-1995-us",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-22T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/us-console-sales-fall-39-percent-in-july-as-memory-costs-push-average-price-to-542"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "U.S. console hardware sales fell 39% by unit volume in July against a year earlier, while the average price paid for a new system rose 16% to $542.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}