Full FeedNPD’s Top 20 US video games sales report for May 2009
Independent research company NPD Group has released its US video game sales numbers for May 2009. The best selling game for the month was THQ’s new release, UFC Undisputed 2009 for Xbox 360 (the PS3 release came in fourth). Six Wii games made the chart followed closely by the Xbox… Continue Reading »
Game industry rakes in more than $20 billion in 2008
It’s hard to tell from all the closures, layoffs and other bad financial info we talk about all day but according to research firm NPD Group, the video game industry pulled down huge profits in 2008. According to NPD’s stats, computer, video game and peripheral sales added up to $21… Continue Reading »
Analyst declares Nintendo’s Wii the system that saved Christmas
Nothing can stop the Mario-driven money train known as Nintendo. The company proved that at the end of 2008 when the Wii sold more than 2 million units in the month of November alone. Before the NPD numbers for December 2008 are released, Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) analyst… 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 »
Analysts dissect Wii’s slim sales lead in January 2008
In January 2008, the game industry pleasantly surprised analysts by continuing the strong sales trend of the holidays. But the bigger surprise was the fact that the Wii was seriously threatened by the PS3 in the US. According to NPD’s January hardware and software sales figures, the Wii had a… Continue Reading »
Microsoft claims short supply of Xbox 360s in US
Jeff Bell, who heads global marketing at Microsoft’s gaming business, updated Reuters about the Xbox 360 shortage in the U.S during an interview and blamed it on the company’s failure to foresee the sudden increase in demand. Until now it was Nintendo that was finding it difficult to meet demand… Continue Reading »
NPD to begin tracking online subscriptions
Research company NPD Group has been releasing monthly US video game retail sales figures, making it the leading authority when it comes to video game sales data and consumer behavior around the globe. A lot of changes have swept the games industry in recent times and, in a bid to… Continue Reading »
PC games only capture 14% of game sales in 2007
According to a new post at GameLife, sales of PC games are suffering even in an era of unprecedented growth within the industry. Recently released NPD numbers indicate that PC titles are only accounting for 14% of the industry-wide $18.5 billion software revenue in 2007. Apparently, there is some contention… 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 »
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