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NPD Group has revealed details from its 2013 Gamer Segmentation report, including survey results that indicate which markets are on the rise. The organization’s online survey polled nearly 9,000 individuals, and found that the ‘free & mobile gamers” group lead the pack with 29 per cent of participants falling under …
Read More »Analyst: Expect sharp decline in NPD sales through July
Financial services firm Cowen & Company has projected a steep decline for videogame retail sales over the next few months. Games Industry reports on a note from the company forecasting a rather bleak period between now and the annual Madden NFL release in August. Following a strong March line-up that …
Read More »NPD February: Dead Space 3 and Xbox 360 lead slow month for US retail
Numbers are in for the past month at US retail from NPD, with results showing yet another poor sales period for the market. February 2013 saw total industry sales at $810m, a 25 per cent year-over-year decline which stings even worse considering how bad February 2012 fared. Software sales were …
Read More »NPD December: Xbox 360, Black Ops 2 top another lackluster month
The NPD has provided its December 2012 report for US retail, as well as a general overview for 2012, and to no one’s surprise the numbers show the same old decline we’ve come accustomed to in the past year. The month saw total industry sales fall by 22 per cent …
Read More »November dip for US games retail
Last month saw further year-on-year declines for physical retail across the pond. The latest report from market research firm NPD Group showed total US sales for video games cam in at $2.55bn, down 11 per cent from the $2.87bn taken in the same period last month, according to Joystiq. However, …
Read More »MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up: Wii U Edition
Well, we’re all a good few hours into playing our Wii U’s now, and sales charts for Q3 this year have come in. The Wii U midnight launches took place in hundreds of JB Hi-Fi, EB Games and K Mart stores across both countries yesterday, but EB in Sydney, Melbourne …
Read More »NPD: US digital sales spike during Q3
The NPD Group has released a Q3 report for digital sales in the US, revealing the growing portion of the market accounted for $1.4bn during the period. The total counts sales from full game and add-on content downloads, mobile and social games, and subscriptions, which added to new and used …
Read More »US: PS3 outsells 360 in May
Sony’s PS3 outsold Microsoft’ Xbox 360 in the US during May, shifting 208,700 units compared to its rival’s 186, 600. However, Nintendo was the true citor of the month. Wii sold 675,100 units, whilst DS shifted 452,600. Sony’s PSP generated 182,300 unit sales in the month.
Read More »US: May sales hit $1.12bn
The US video games market created $1.12 billion in revenues in May, according to sales monitor NPD – up 37 per cent year on year. Software sales created the majority of the growth, generating $536.9 million – up 41 per cent year-on-year – whilst hardware created $428.6 million, an increase …
Read More »US: 360 doubles PS3 GTA IV sales in May
GTA IV sold almost double the number of units on Xbox 360 as it did on PS3 in the US in May. According to data from sales monitor NPD, the Rockstar title shifted 871,300 copies on Microsoft’s system, whilst selling 442,900 on Sony’s console. Nintendo’s Mario Kart and Wii Fit …
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