Entries in 'npd' (172)
NPD: Majority of gamers play online
A new NPD report has found that the number of players gaming online – along with the number of hours spent by those players online – has increased significantly.
US games market falls 10% in March
Hit releases such as BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider were sadly unable to stop another month of annual decline in the US video games market.
NPD: Only 29 per cent of core gamers plan on buying a next-gen console
The traditional games industry needs PS4 and Xbox 720 to be a big hit, so these new stats from NPD make for grim reading.
Wii U tracking 38% behind Wii in US as Xbox 360 continues dominance
The Xbox 360 has started 2013 in much the same way as it ended 2012 in the US. And sadly, so did the Wii U.
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Xbox 360 racks up two years as US' best-selling console
Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outperformed all other home consoles for 24 consecutive months in terms of US hardware sales.
Wii U sells less, generates more dollars than original Wii launch
Nintendo's newest console is tracking behind its predecessor in terms of US launch sales, but is bringing in more dollars.
November dip for US games retail
Last month saw further year-on-year declines for physical retail across the pond.
Xbox 360 leads US hardware sales in November
There may be new consoles and handhelds on shelves, but Microsoft's seven-year-old machine still shifts the most units in the US.
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Wii U sells 425,000 at launch in US
Nintendo has revealed sales figures for its newest console after its first week on sale in the United States.
NPD October: NBA 2K13 on top, overall sales in significant decline yet again
The NPD Group has released its October US retail report, showing another major YOY decline in overall sales.
NPD September: Sports titles and Borderlands 2 on top, sales down YOY
NPD has released its US retail video games report for September, revealing yet another month with sales down year-over-year.
NPD: Kids play on consoles the most, tablet interest growing
The NPD Group has released its annual study on Kids and Consumer Electronics, revealing that while consoles and portable game systems still see the highest usage level from the demographic, ...
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June NPD: Lego Batman 2, Xbox 360 on top; major decline year over year
June 2012 figures are in from the NPD Group, and they’re pretty ugly.
EA says NPD stats "totally irrelevant"; NPD defends itself
“It's an irrelevant measure on the industry. It's totally irrelevant. We don't even really look at it internally anymore.”
NPD: $3.4bn spent in US during Q1 2012, nearly half via digital
Telling signs of the consumer shift to digital in the US have arrived courtesy of NPD’s latest report.
NPD: Europe's Q1 used, digital and social market worth £798m
The combined sales of the used, rental, digital and social games markets was worth £798m across the UK, France and Germany, says a new NPD report.
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One in three US gamers would choose digital over retail
NPD Group has revealed that almost one third of US gamers would rather buy their games digitally than in a shop.
Diablo III tops US May chart
Blizzard’s Diablo III was the best selling game in the US in May, according to NPD’s latest numbers.
GameStop sales fall but chain 'outperforms market'
Same-store sales at US retailer GameStop dropped 12.5 per cent year-on-year.
NPD says total US games market was over $1bn in April
The money generated from overall game sales in the US during April has been estimated at a whopping $1bn.
April NPD: Prototype 2, Xbox 360 on top; sales down year-over-year
US retail results have arrived for April.
March NPD: Mass Effect 3 on top, year-over-year decline
The sales figures for March have arrived via the NPD, with Mass Effect 3 out in front and overall numbers down compared to March 2011.
NPD: $1.29bn for Q4 used, digital and social games in Europe
Consumers across UK, Germany and France spent over a billion dollars on non-new physical games in the last three months of 2011.
Now US reports drastic video game market falls in February
The latest numbers from sales tracker NPD show that the US video games market suffered a 20 per cent year-on-year decline to $1.06bn in February.
US: Digital games account for $400m in January
The NPD Group estimates that downloadable, social, mobile and other form of non-physical games took up to $400m in sales last month.
