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Halo Reach tops US 2010 chart
With just over two months to go before the games industry waves goodbye to 2010, new numbers from US sales tracker NPD shows that for the year-to-date Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ...
US: Xbox 360 shines in September
The Xbox 360 remained the star hardware performer in North America last month, making good on Microsoft’s recent claims that there’s been a “mid-generation leadership change” in the console market.
NPD locks up US sales data
US sales tracker NPD will no longer release the number of games and consoles sold in its monthly report.
NPD: 360 and Madden triumph in August
US mega franchise Madden is unsurprisingly the biggest seller in the US last month.
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NPD: US August sales slump 10%
The latest results from stats firm NPD show that the North American games market fell 10 per cent in August compared to the same month a year before.
20% of US public has played a social network game
According to the findings of The NPD Group's new research report, titled Social Network Gaming, some 20 per cent of the US populace has spent time playing a social game.
NPD: July down one per cent
The US video games market suffered a slight one per cent year-on-year decrease in July, with a total value reaching $846.5m.
Boxed PC leads digital by 2.3m
Statistics from American sales analyst NPD claims that the boxed PC games market just managed to out-value digital sales in the US in 2009.
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NPD: Mario Galaxy 2 passes 1m
Nintendo’s critically adored platformer Super Mario Galaxy 2 is matching its warm reception from critics with an equally warm reception from consumers, having now sold over 1m units in the ...
NPD: June market fails to sparkle
The US video games market suffered yet another year-on-year decline in June, with its $1.1bn worth of sales representing a six per cent year-on-year decline.
NPD: 360 beats PS3 in Red Dead battle
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was the single biggest revenue contributor to the US video games market in May, according to NPD, with total unit sales of its console hitting 195k in ...
NPD: US games market falls
Having delayed the announcement of last month’s US video game sales, NPD has today published the figures for both April and May in the North American video games market – ...
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US: Pre-owned, digital grabs 1/3 of market
New research from US stats body The NPD Group claims that in 2009 US consumers spent a total of $4.5-4.75bn on pre-owned games, game rentals, subscriptions, digitally downloaded games, DLC ...
MS goads Sony over Halo sales
In a quite stark bit of pre-E3 willy-waving, Microsoft’s product director Aaron Greenberg has pointed out that total sales of Halo 3 aren’t simply better than those of Sony’s leading ...
NPD delays US sales stats
U.S market-watchers will have to wait a few weeks for new stats from NPD. The company says its May figures, which should have been appearing next week, will be delayed ...
NPD: Splinter Cell tops April chart
Ubisoft’s long-awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction has emerged as the best selling game in April in the US market, according to numbers from NPD.
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NPD: DS sales fall 600k year-on-year
At first glance it might seem as if Nintendo’s hardware was the star performer in the somewhat disappointing US April video games market, but a quick look back to this ...
NPD: US April sales plunge 22%
NPD's stats for the month of April made for grim reading in the U.S late Thursday. Game sales plunged 22 percent on the same period last year. Hardware sales were ...
NPD: Nintendo maintains hardware grip
Despite the announcement that its successor will be here (in Japan at least) before the end of the year, Nintendo’s DS shows no sign of letting up in the ...
NPD: Market climbs return at last
The US video games market at last recorded a month of growth in March, climbing six per cent year-on-year to reach a value of $1.52bn.
NPD: Xbox 360 outsells Wii
In a month that saw steeper declines in the US video games market than most people had expected, Xbox 360 has emerged as a surprise victor in the hardware sector.
NPD: February sales slump 15%
The value of the video games market in the US fell 15 per cent year-on-year in February to $1.28bn – a number that has surprised even NPD itself.
US: New Super Mario tops Mass Effect 2
EA’s sustained marketing campaign for Mass Effect 2 pushed the long-awaited title sell 572,000 units for Xbox during January – an impressive result that couldn’t quite manage to topple Nintendo’s ...
US: Nintendo consoles rule January
Wii has emerged triumphant in the US hardware charts for January, NPD figures have revealed.
US charts: Jan market sinks 13%
The US game market in January fell an anticipated 13 percent year-on-year, NPD figures reveal.
