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Fitness games generating big business for the industry
Remember that moldy stereotype that gamers are all overweight, couch-crusty adolescents? Well, we actually have financial proof that it’s not the case anymore (not that it ever was) - in a recent story at 1Up, it was revealed that the new genre of fitness games has created an incredible $2 billion in revenue. The report originally comes from the Games for Health Project, and the figure was generated in just 18 months. Holy guacamole.
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NPD’s Top 20 US video games sales report for May 2009
The best selling game for the month was THQ’s new release, UFC Undisputed 2009 for Xbox 360 although six Wii games made the chart. Click through to see if your favorite game made the list…
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Game industry rakes in more than $20 billion in 2008
Despite all the bad financial news we’re hearing, the video game industry made a lot of money in 2008.
A force is unleased on September 2008 NPD charts
The NPD report has been released for September 2008 and Star Wars fans sure made a Force-ful impact. Along with the positive news that total game sales were $1.27 billion, Star Wars fans had the pleasure of seeing their games place high on the charts. The console iteration of Star… Continue Reading »
Analysts predict July NPD numbers, see massive growth in software sales
It’s time for a little pre-NPD predicting: GameDaily has the scoop on three major industry analysts’ takes on July sales. Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter, EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich and Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian all predicted serious growth and Wii dominance (shocking!), though each had different specifics. Pachter predicted 44% growth… Continue Reading »
NPD’s US videogames sales report for June 2008
Independent research group NPD Group has releases its US video game sales numbers for June 2008. A few games dominated the month, especially Lego Indiana Jones, which took four of the top 20 sales spots. Likewise, Guitar Hero titles took four spots (Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was three of them). Topping… Continue Reading »
April NPDs - GTA IV on top
It’s that time of month again - the NPD group has released the hardware and software sales for April, and the results are anything but surprising. GTA IV had an incredible debut, sitting pretty at the top spot with 1,850,000 (Xbox 360 version) and the third spot with 1,000,000 (PS3).… Continue Reading »
March NPD’s show $1.7 billion sales for industry
According to a new post at GameLife, the NPD group is reporting stellar $1.7 billion in hardware and software sales for the month of March 2008. Nintendo took the biggest piece of the pie, with the Wii (721 thousand) and DS (698 thousand) and the insane sales of top title… Continue Reading »
Gamers slowly taking over the US
The gaming population is on the rise, making up 72% of the entire US population, according to a new NPD report that was released last Wednesday (April 2, 2008). That figure is for the year 2007 and is up 64% from 2006. NPD found that 58% of all the people… Continue Reading »
Game industry sees 43% rise in sales in 2007
According to Kotaku, the latest NPD numbers indicate that 2007 was a very good year for the game industry, with overall sales up 43% from 2006. The industry got an especially healthy boost in terms of console hardware sales (worth $5.12 billion, up 73% from the previous year), no doubt… Continue Reading »
August 2007 NPD numbers indicate industry growth, Nintendo dominance
The August 2007 numbers are in from independent analysts NPD group – and the results are in keeping with the last few months – it’s going to be a very interesting Fall for everyone. 2Overall, the Wii continues to dominate (as it has surpassed DS sales for the last few… Continue Reading »
NPD numbers released for June 2007
The NPD group (an independent consumer research firm) just released the official sales numbers for videogame hardware and software in June 2007. Overall, results are unsurprising, reflecting increased sales on nearly every platform, and Nintendo’s continued success with the Wii and DS systems. The Nintendo DS continues to dominate over… Continue Reading »
NPD’s US videogames sales report for May 2007
Nintendo takes four of the top five spots in NPD Group’s May 2007 sales report, the with the top spot remaining Pokémon Diamond which sold more than 331.2 thousand units in the US. Activision’s Spider-Man 3 broke the streak to grab the number 3 slot and, with the help of… Continue Reading »
Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.
