pre_text: Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018: Revenue Services. Services revenue consists primarily of fees for customer support services generated from our partners. We provide these services remotely, generally using personnel who utilize our proprietary technology to deliver the services. Services revenue is also comprised of licensing of our Support.com Cloud applications. Services revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019 decreased by $4.9 million from 2018. The decrease in service revenue was primarily due to the decrease in the billable hours of our major customers. For the year ended December 31, 2019, services revenue generated from our partnerships was $56.6 million compared to $61.0 million for 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2019, direct services revenue was $2.9 million compared to $3.5 million for 2018. As with any market that is undergoing shifts, timing of downward pressures and growth opportunities in our services programs are difficult to predict. We are experiencing downward pressure with some of our services programs as personal computer and certain retail markets are subject to internal re-alignment and other sector specific softness. However, we still see opportunity in the market for growth with our service partners as a result of the evolving support market trends. Software and other. Software and other revenue is comprised primarily of fees for end-user software products provided through direct customer downloads, and, to a lesser extent, through the sale of these software products via partners. Software and other revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019 decreased compared with the year ended 2018 primarily due to the cancellation of a significant partner contract as well as some softness in new subscriptions and renewals. For the year ended December 31, 2019, direct software and other revenue was $1.9 million compared to $2.8 million for 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2019, software and other revenue generated from our partnerships was $1.9 million compared to $2.7 million for 2018.
table: ($ in thousands) 2019 % Change 2018 to 2019 2018
table: Services $59,545 (8)% $64,476
table: Software and other 3,788 (25)% 5,073
table: Total revenue  $63,333 (9)% $69,549
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in services between 2018 and 2019?