The ESA released a report about the gaming industry at large in 2016. You can read the whole thing by hitting the source link at the base of this post. It’s comprised of infographics and easily digestible. One super interesting section that VG247 picked up on is the one about digital game sales versus physical game sales. In the U.S., the gap is really wide with digital sales...
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was released on Sept. 1, giving it an entire month to top the NPD list and become the best selling game of September. Instead, sports fans denied Konami its victory, slipping NBA 2K16 and Madden NFL 16 into the number 1 and number 2 spots respectively. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was forced to endure a third place victory despite its...
Sony climbs back to the first place spot of the NPD results a month after Microsoft and the Xbox One scored an underdog victory in April. The PlayStation 4 is once again the best selling console on the video game market while sales all around sink during the month of May. Overall, hardware and software sales dropped 13 percent when compared to last year. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
Another month, another victory for the PlayStation 4 says the NPD group. That makes it nine consecutive months now. Some were wondering if Microsoft's free game deal would push gamers to pick up Destiny with the Xbox One, but Bungie's shooter only help triple sales of Sony's machine over the month before. The Xbox One can claim victory to the best selling individual copy of the game...
Have you embraced the digital distribution revolution, or are you still one of the people who will hold on to anything to get that box? The NPD's Core Gaming 2014 report suggests that statistically if you still need a physical game when you decide on making a purchase, you are still in the majority. 74 percent of gamers still prefer a physical box when shopping for a video game. While...
November proved to have another positive growth month for the Nintendo 3DS and its two gaming devices. NPD results show Wii U console once again grew in sales by 340 percent of October's figures, and the Nintendo 3DS handheld broke 10 million sales on American coasts by selling 770,000 in a single month. Overall, Nintendo's sales figures doubled October's. The Wii U, despite the 340...
The September NPDs are out, and Nintendo should have plenty of reason to be smiling on all fronts. First, the Nintendo 3DS continues to dominate the console market by claiming the top spot for the fifth consecutive month. 2013 has been a wonderful year for Nintendo's handheld with a barrage of hit titles that it hadn't seen in previous years. The release of Pokemon X and Y secures even...
The NPD Group, known primarily among gamers as the main source of game sales information in the United States, is preparing to launch tracking for digital video game sales this year, according to an interview with David McQuillan, president of NPD’s Games group by GamesIndustry International this week. There have been calls for years from press and industry alike for better tracking of...
Sales of consumer electronics in the U.S. fell 5.6 percent year-over-year on Black Friday, according to new research published on Tuesday by The NPD Group. Televisions, Android tablets and PCs were the most purchased items, accounting for 58% of all consumer electronic sales on the popular shopping day. “This slow start is merely a continuation of the challenges seen in the consumer...
Apple's iPad helped the company maintain the top spot as the world's largest shipper of mobile PCs according to a recent report published by NPD. The company shipped roughly 17.2 million mobile PCs during the first quarter of this year, up 118% year-over-year and representing a 22.5% market share. NPD's preliminary DisplaySearch Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report also said...