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Study: Xbox 360 Is 'Console Online Gaming Leader,' 87% Play PC Games Online

By Chris Faylor, Mar 10, 2009 8:28am PDT

The Xbox 360 is "the console online gaming leader" in the United States, according to a study conducted by marketing research group NPD between...

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"Yeah, is kurumba in the twilight zone? Way more users with headsets on Live."

- Endymion_ see all 49 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Dawn of War 2 Stays on Top

By Chris Faylor, Mar 09, 2009 9:22am PDT

NPD's list of the ten best-selling PC games at United States retailers didn't change all that much during the week of February 22-28. Like the last...

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"I wasn't aware that 'they hit on their sisters' had entered the stereotype of nerds O.o Or is ..."

- GenBanks see all 42 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Dawn of War 2 Dominates WoW

By Chris Faylor, Mar 02, 2009 9:55am PST

The latest software sales figures from sales-tracking group NPD are in, showing the top ten PC games at United States retailers during the week of...

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"A solid game for a solid price. If I had the rig to run it on anything above the lowest settings ..."

- f1kt1t1ous see all 75 comments

Weekly PC Sales: F.E.A.R. 2 Debuts

By Nick Breckon, Feb 23, 2009 12:20pm PST

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin's debut on the United States retail PC charts was good enough for a second place finish, with only Blizzard's frozen...

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""default" meaning that you didn't adjust down the brightness on the game's first launch? Out of ..."

- the archvile see all 10 comments

Weekly PC Sales: World of Warcraft Keeps Reigning

By Chris Faylor, Feb 17, 2009 10:03am PST

Sales-tracking group NPD has chimed in with the latest PC software sales chart from United States retailers, covering the week of February 1 - 7....

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"3 months in, and I am still having a blast. Left 4 Dead is much more dynamic and fun than most ..."

- sheepraper see all 8 comments

NPD: Nintendo Tops January Console Sales Charts; Left 4 Dead Beats Call of Duty

By Nick Breckon, Feb 12, 2009 3:40pm PST

Nintendo continued its steady reign over the industry in January, taking the top three slots on the US console software charts with Wii Fit, Wii...

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"yeah.. once someone releases a really good BluRay player for a reasonable price I'm thinking the ..."

- fatman see all 19 comments

January's Top 20 PC Games Revealed by NPD

By Chris Faylor, Feb 12, 2009 3:03pm PST

Compiling all the data from its weekly sales offerings, marketing research group NPD has issued a list of the best-selling games at U.S. retailers...

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"I find it hard to see how activision/blizzard still posted bad numbers this quarter."

- X-Nice see all 7 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Left 4 Dead Rises Again

By Chris Faylor, Feb 11, 2009 9:34am PST

Apart from some reshuffled positions--Left 4 Dead is four spots higher than it was the week before--NPD's list of the ten best-selling PC games at...

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"The fact that Civ 4 is in the top 10 /again/ is amazing in itself, but that it beat the CoDWaW ..."

- MeestaNob see all 16 comments

Weekly PC Sales: The Sims Strike Back

By Chris Faylor, Feb 02, 2009 10:27am PST

After claiming and quickly losing the title of best-selling PC game at United States retailers, The Sims 2 Double Deluxe was back on top between...

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"Very true. Runs on a rustic PC and takes decades to get dull."

- MeestaNob see all 8 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Fallout 3's Nuclear Rocket Jump

By Chris Faylor, Jan 26, 2009 9:19am PST

The last time we got sales figures, Fallout 3 was the 9th best-selling PC game at U.S. retailers. Now, NPD's data from the following week, January...

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"The main reason I wasn't sure at first, the game gets a lot better, well worth the small ..."

- Durajim see all 24 comments

LittleBigPlanet, MGS4 Lifetime Sales Data Unearthed

By Nick Breckon, Jan 21, 2009 4:50pm PST

Sales data pertaining to some of last year's more ambitious titles has been revealed by the NPD Group, including the launch-to-date sales of...

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"Oh c'mon. If us Yanks don't play to the stereotype the whole world will fall apart."

- Topsiderover see all 47 comments

Weekly PC Sales: The Lich King Reclaims Its Throne, Left 4 Dead Rises and Call of Duty Falls

By Chris Faylor, Jan 19, 2009 9:15am PST

The latest PC sales figures from marketing research firm NPD Group are in, showing the ten most popular games at United States retailers from...

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"I'll buy Mirror's Edge as soon as EA UK get off their asses and say "lol shur" to EA US's emails ..."

- Smurfy12 see all 13 comments

December's Best-Selling PC Games Revealed

By Chris Faylor, Jan 17, 2009 8:14am PST

Retail sales of PC games may have been down 14% in 2008, but that hasn't stopped marketing research firm NPD from providing us with its monthly...

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"Actually, you can't. Steam services many developers so authorizing the release sales and other ..."

- [7]kami see all 82 comments

Nintendo Claims Responsibility for 99% of Industry Growth in 2008

By Chris Faylor, Jan 16, 2009 11:18am PST

Yesterday, sales-tracking firm NPD Group announced that the United States console market grew by 19% in 2008, resulting in a new record revenue of...

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"Got the Wii at Christmas like lots of other people, played a few times, good fun but soon got ..."

- mmaall see all 35 comments

Retail Sales of PC Games Drop 14% in 2008

By Chris Faylor, Jan 16, 2009 10:52am PST

Sales of PC games at U.S. retailers were once again down in 2008, dropping 14% over the previous year, sales-tracking firm NPD Group has informed...

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"Nintendo could be the beginning of the end. I really dislike the Wii Platform. None of it's ..."

- Digital-Hero see all 74 comments