July NPD: NCAA Football 12 leads; overall retail sales down 26%
The NPD Group releases its July 2011 numbers, which indicate a 26% drop in retail sales.
READ MORE >January NPD: Black Ops, Dead Space 2 and Dancing Titles Win Big; Xbox 360 Sells 381K Units
Late last night, market research firm NPD Group released its numberless, retail-only data for the video game industry's business throughout the...
READ MORE >"And platform specific lists. Not much of a comparable list when older games still rank high ..."
see all 2 commentsDecember NPD: Black Ops On Top, Xbox 360 Hardware Achieves 'Best Month Ever'
Market research firm NPD Group's numberless retail-only data for the month of December has been released, showing that Activision's Call of Duty:...
READ MORE >"As a matter of fact, yes. Sims was pretty bad, but it sure as hell had fun and innovative ..."
see all 9 comments47 Million Nintendo DS Handhelds Sold in USA
Nintendo has celebrated the start of a New Year by announcing its latest two sales boasts--or "sales milestones," as it likes to call them--for the...
READ MORE >" iOS games will never have Pokemon, so they'll never be able to extinguish Nintendo handhelds."
see all 11 commentsPlayStation Move Controller Shipments Hit 4.1 Million Units [Updated]
[Update 1:00PM - BL] Sony has clarified to Joystiq that it meant these were units shipped to retailers, not sold to consumers. The original wording...
READ MORE >"What I'm saying is that there are degrees of sold. Copies provisioned to Walmart may be "sold" ..."
see all 21 commentsNintendo: 600K Wii Units, 900K DS Systems Sold During Black Friday Week
It seems the Black Friday rush was kind to Nintendo, a company that often struggles with selling its consoles and handhelds. (Note the sarcasm in...
READ MORE >"Good point, but they could've included both of them (which I think the Sport Resort bundles do)."
see all 11 commentsAnalysts Weigh in on Nintendo 3DS 2011 Release, Nintendo Explains
Nintendo's decision to miss the lucrative holiday season and launch the new 3DS in early 2011 has raised a few eyebrows but was apparently made to...
READ MORE >"I actually like the orange a lot, and would take that over a black one. Now dark grey/silver ..."
see all 26 commentsSCEJ Boss Reveals 38 Million PS3s, 62 Million PSPs Sold Worldwide
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Hiroshi Kawano showed off his wild side by kicking off his company's Tokyo Game Show 2010 media...
READ MORE >"Lots of speculative silliness here. First of all why would people buy another console when they ..."
see all 9 commentsAugust NPD: Xbox 360 and Football from EA Top Charts for Second Straight Month
Last month, the Xbox 360 sold more hardware than any other system for the first time since 2007. Microsoft managed to pull it off again posting a...
READ MORE >July NPD: Xbox 360 Leads all Platforms for First Time Since Sept. '07, NCAA Football Tops Consoles
The NPD Group have released sales date for the month of July, revealing the Xbox 360 has taken over the top spot versus all video game platforms....
READ MORE >"I think everyone expected a bump from the slim. It happened with the PS3 too. Keep in mind the ..."
see all 6 commentsJune NPD: Red Dead Maintains Top Spot, Xbox 360 takes Second Place from Nintendo Wii
NPD group has revealed the sales data for June 2010 and Red Dead Redemption continues to own the top of the charts. Claiming first on the Xbox 360...
READ MORE >"I bet the 360 sales would have been even higher if they were able to ship more units. I had to ..."
see all 16 commentsMay NPD: Red Dead Redeems Lagging Month, Mario Nabs Third
NPD group has revealed the sales data for May 2010 and, unsurprisingly, Red Dead: Redemption leads the sales posse. Selling a combined 1.5 million...
READ MORE >"Y'know what'd be awesome? If somehow they ported BF 2142 to the Frostbite engine and balanced ..."
see all 45 commentsApril U.S. Console Sales Revealed: Splinter Cell Tops Software, Nintendo DS Leads Hardware
With April 2010 behind us and May 2010 in full swing, market research firm The NPD Group has issued its monthly breakdown of the past month's U.S....
READ MORE >"If only the NPD numbers included walmart and amazon.com then their numbers would be more accurate."
see all 5 commentsWorldwide Console Sales Numbers Revealed
As hardware makers Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have all checked in with their latest financial earnings, we've combed through the reports, added...
READ MORE >"I wonder how many of those 360s are repurchases because of out of warranty hardware failure..."
see all 57 commentsYearly Nintendo Earnings, Hardware Sales Down; Nintendo DS and Wii Lifetime Sales Revealed
"A price reduction on Wii hardware, fewer strong Wii software titles in the first half and appreciation of the yen" lead to a negative impact...
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"Sega never really focused on making games. They became more of a publisher."
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