Entries in 'npd' (172)
Global games market growth goes flat in Q3
Combined video game software unit sales across the world’s three largest games markets experienced growth of just one percent during the third quarter of 2008.
Official: Girls love games
Girls are spending more time playing PC games and video games than they were last year, according to a new NPD report.
US: DS breaks August hardware sales record
Figures from US sales analyst NPD group have shown that Nintendo’s DS sold more hardware units in August than any machine has ever sold throughout the month in North America.
Full global sales reports planned
Frustrated global sales analysts, rejoice; the leading charts authorities in the world are close to agreeing a new monthly report that will offer definitive sales data for ‘the whole planet’.Advertisement
US: Monthly growth slows amid credit crunch concerns
Amid a global climate of credit meltdowns and consumer struggles, the US games market continued to grow in August, but its rate of growth has dropped to its lowest in ...
US: Microsoft hails 600 per cent 360 Arcade sales hike
Microsoft is understandably delighted by its August sales victory over Sony’s PS3, and has highlighted the massive surge in Xbox 360 hardware sales in early September in its response ...
US: Sony highlights huge year-on-year sales growth
Despite losing out to Xbox 360 in the August US hardware battle, Sony has concentrated on the many positives the firm can enjoy in its response to the latest ...
US: Nintendo praises ‘positive response’ to its hardware
Nintendo has released an understated, though understandably chuffed, response the news that Nintendo’s DS and Wii claimed first and second spots respectively in the US August hardware charts, according ...
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US: 360 tops PS3 in August hardware sales
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has edged out Sony’s PS3 in the US during August, shifting 195,400 units compared to its rival 185,200 PS3s.
Global sales ‘supergroup’ formed
The might of territory sales monitors GFK (Europe), Chart-Track (UK), NPD (US) and Enterbrain (Japan) have joined forces to form a new global sales monitoring ‘supergroup’.
US: Nintendo dominates July
Nintendo is celebrating another month as the biggest selling platform holder in the US – with both Wii and DS proving the two best perfoming consoles in July.
US: June games market jumps 53 per cent year-on-year
The North American June sales figures from NPD have shown that total spending on gaming in the territory for the period hit $1.69 billion – up an incredible 53 per ...
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US market rockets 47% in April
US citizens spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier – despite the financial pressure from soaring prices of food ...
US: Wii sells 721k units in March
NPD data shows that the US video games market was worth $1.7 billion in March – a jump of 57 per cent on February’s data.The jump was thanks largely ...
72% of US population are gamers
A report send out by games market monitor The NPD Groupclaims that 72 per cent of citizens living in the United States played a video game across 2007, representing ...
US: Nintendo and Sony bullish over Feb figures
Following NPD’s games industry report for North America in February, Nintendo and Sony have responded in bullish fashion and spoken positively about the year ahead.
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US: Microsoft confident as spend on 360 beats rivals
Microsoft’s response to NPD’s February sales figures may have been comparatively muted, but its confidence ahead of the release of Rockstar’s GTAIV is still clear to see.
US: Feb sales reach $1.3bn
US sales body NPD has released its figures for games industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and ...
US: Games market climbs by 43 per cent in ‘07
The US video games industry is sky-high following news of a bumper 2007 that saw total video game related sales for the year hit $17.94 billion – an increase of ...
Activision topples EA in US
US publisher Activision has become the first video games publisher in a decade to better Electronic Arts and become the top grossing third party publisher for the first half of ...
Wii shortages until 2009
Following the release of NPD’s March sales figures in the US, analysts have reviewed the stats and outlined predictions for where the market is heading.
