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January 2012 was a very bad game for video games, according to the NPD Group, with the value of the industry declining by a whopping 34 percent when compared to the same period of last year, but major hardware makers Sony and Microsoft have released upbeat statements related to the results. A statement from Microsof... |
13 February 2012
02:31 GMT |
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The overall value of sales for the video game industry, combining retail games sales and hardware, has seen a drop of 34 percent in the sales figures delivered by the NPD Group for the month of January in the United States, when compared to the same period of last year. Overall revenue came in at 750.6 million dolla... |
10 February 2012
05:17 GMT |
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The NPD Group has announced worse than expected sales data for the month of January 2012 on the United States market and blame has been assigned to video game publishers who have failed to deliver any high profile title during the 28-day period that makes up the sales month.
New video games sold at retail, including... |
10 February 2012
04:31 GMT |
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The Australian division of the NPD Group has announced that traditional retail sales linked to video games have declined by 12.8 percent in the territory during 2011, although much of the lost revenue has been recuperated via non-traditional means, mainly digital revenue linked to subscriptions and streaming.
The Au... |
6 February 2012
20:31 GMT |
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This is not the first time a research firm calculates Apple’s Q4 smartphone share for 2011 to put the iPhone on top, but it can’t hurt to have The NPD Group confirm the numbers.
According to the firm, Apple beat Samsung and LG to become the best-selling U.S. handset maker in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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6 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group, the tracking firm which publishes monthly updates for the video game market in the United States, has announced that 2011 has been a worse year for the industry than 2010, with the overall value of sales going down by about 8 percent.Total video game sales revenue are estimated to have been around 17.0... |
16 January 2012
15:11 GMT |
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December 2011 was a much worse than expected period for video game sales in the United States, with the overall value of the retail market tracked by the NPD Group dropping by no less than 14 percent when compared to the same period of 2010.The top 10 NPD Group compiled video game chart for the United States market i... |
13 January 2012
05:24 GMT |
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December 2011 has been a worse than expected month for the video game industry in the United States and the numbers released by tracking firm NPD Group have shown that hardware has been particularly hard hit, posting a decline of 28 percent when compared to the same period of 2010.The value shown by the NPD is of 1.3... |
13 January 2012
04:19 GMT |
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The NPD Group, the company that tracks retail sales of video games and hardware for the United States market, is set to launch its official figures for December In the coming days and at least one prominent analyst believes that the industry will grow by about 2 percent when compared to the same period of 2010 while ... |
10 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group has carried out a survey of small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States and found that many are planning to spend considerable amounts of cash to deploy iPads in their organizations.Around 73 percent plan to buy tens of thousands of dollars worth of tablets in the next year or so. Most of th... |
29 December 2011
09:21 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which tracks video game and hardware sales for the United States market, has announced that during the third quarter of 2011 gamers have spent more money on what it calls non-traditional business models than on packages that are sold at retail.The retail market has managed to reach a value of sold good... |
21 December 2011
13:41 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released its hardware and software charts for the month of November and the United States market, showing that the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft has managed to take the top spot for the fourth month in a row.The device has managed to sell 1.7 million units during the month, many of them on Bl... |
12 December 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision Blizzard, has managed to take the number one position in the video game chart published by the NPD Group for the month of November 2011 in the United States.The game is judged to have sold a little over 9 mi... |
12 December 2011
07:41 GMT |
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Analysts watching the video game industry have predicted that the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft will dominate sales for the month of November on the United States market in the NPD Group figures that will be released towards the end of the week.In a note sent to investors Michael Pachter, who is the analyst wo... |
6 December 2011
20:51 GMT |
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Smartphone adoption continues to be on the rise, according to research conducted by the NPD Group, and Apple’s iPhone is leading the pack in Q3 2011 with not one, but two device models - iPhone 4, and iPhone 3GS.The market research company showed in a report this week that the share of mobile devices that are l... |
15 November 2011
05:31 GMT |
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The Microsoft made Xbox 360 home console has managed to once again be the top selling consoles in the United States, with the NPD Group tracking firm saying that the device has managed to sell 393,000 units during the period to take the top spot.Despite a number of positive expectations from analysts the video games ... |
14 November 2011
09:30 GMT |
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October might have seen a number of high profile video game launches but the NPD Group delivered figures are showing that the industry performed worse than the analyst expected it to.Battlefield 3, the first person shooter from Swedish developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, has been the best selling game of th... |
14 November 2011
08:22 GMT |
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The tracking firm NPD Group will release its data for the month of October linked to the United States video game market and one leading analyst believes that overall sales will be better than those seen during the same period of last year.Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbus... |
8 November 2011
07:51 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which tracks hardware and software sales in the United States, has released its report for September, showing that the video game industry was again down when compared to the same period of last year, by about 6 percent.When it comes to hardware the picture is even grimmer as the sales of the top conso... |
14 October 2011
05:52 GMT |
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The NPD Group has revealed its software chart for the month of September in the United States, showing that the EA Sports made Madden NFL 12 American football simulation has managed to top the chart, beating big favorite Gears of War 3, from Epic Games and Microsoft.Overall video game sales managed to grow when compa... |
14 October 2011
04:21 GMT |
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A new report from market analysts firm Wedbush Securities says that the United States video game market might actually report a grow for the month of September, thanks mostly to very good software sales.Michael Pachter, who is an analyst with Wedbush and watches the video game industry, has stated that sales of video... |
11 October 2011
17:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group, a market research firm which often deals with issues in the video game industry, is estimating that the total amount which will be spent on gaming hardware, content, services and accessories will reach 4.5 billion dollars (about 3.4 billion Euro at current exchange rates) for the second half of the yea... |
6 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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North American smartphone market has seen an incredible expansion in the last few years. The reason behind this development is Google's Android sudden ascension, there's no doubt about it.
However, it will be interesting to see how well some of the Android devices built by various manufacturers fared ag... |
23 August 2011
05:27 GMT |
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A representative of Microsoft has said that part of the success that the Xbox 360 home console has been enjoying at retail is linked to the superior experience that the device delivers when it comes to those games who are released on more than one platforms.
Chris Lewis, who is the leader of the marketing effort f... |
22 August 2011
16:41 GMT |
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The recent acquisition of Motorola extended Google's patent portfolio, but it is also a great opportunity for the U.S.-based handset manufacturer to boost its market share.
According to NPD Group research company, Google’s Android operating system is currently dominating the U.S. smartphone market share... |
22 August 2011
09:46 GMT |
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Nintendo has cut the price of the Nintendo 3DS handheld by a third on all the markets to 169.99 dollars and, considering that the platform is available starting with the middle of March, this is the fastest after launch price cut in the history of video game hardware.Nintendo also gave out 20 video games to those who... |
20 August 2011
04:31 GMT |
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Video game tracking firm NPD Group has announced that sales figures for the month of July on the United States market and the overall value of sales has declined by no less than 26 percent, which means this is the worst performance at retail since October 26.Sales of both video game hardware and software managed to g... |
12 August 2011
08:41 GMT |
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The EA Sports made NCAA Football 12 college football simulation has managed to top the video game sales chart compiled by the NPD Group for the United States market and for the July market.Overall the video game industry has seen a big slump, of 26 percent year over year, with the overall value of sales coming in at ... |
12 August 2011
05:48 GMT |
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The NPD Group is getting ready to announce the monthly figures for July and analysts are predicting that this might be the worst 30 day period for the gaming industry in the United States since September of 2005, with the overall value of sales going down by no less than 27 percent when compared to the same period of... |
11 August 2011
10:29 GMT |
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The middle of July is coming up shortly and that means that soon the NPD Group will release its official sales figures for the month of June for the United States video game market.
Ahead of the official figures analysts have also weighted in, saying that they expect the Xbox 360 from Microsoft to be the best-sell... |
13 July 2011
05:43 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which tracks the sales of the video game industry in the United States, has announced that for the first quarter of this year total spending in the country has reached 5.9 billion dollars, which is 1.5 percent more than the amount of money spent during the same period in 2010.
The NPD Group has said... |
12 July 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Gabe Newell, the current managing director at Valve, has said that Portal 2 has managed to sell more than 3 million copies since launch and is on track to get better overall sales figures that the first title in the series.Newell was talking at the Games for Change conference at the Games for Learning Institute and h... |
23 June 2011
04:52 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released its monthly sales figures for the United States market for May, showing that the retail performance of the video game industry has slumped during the month, reaching just 743.1 million dollars, the lowest total seen since 2006 according to the tracking firm.The 14 percent decline over the s... |
14 June 2011
18:41 GMT |
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L.A. Noire, the crime-oriented video game from Team Bondi and Rockstar, has been the best selling title of the month of May in the United States, according to figures offered by the NPD Group, which tracks both hardware and software sales month by month.Overall, the month of May was a very tough one for the industry,... |
14 June 2011
17:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which tracks video games sales data for the United States market, has announced that for the month of April the industry has managed to post an impressive 20 percent increase in the value of its sales when compared to the same period of last year, the first month of solid growth since November 2010.
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13 May 2011
05:41 GMT |
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The video game industry has managed to have a pretty good month in the United States during April, with the tracking firm NPD Group saying that the increase in overall sales versus the same period of 2010 amounts to 20 percent.
The industry has managed to sell goods valued at 961.2 million dollars during the month... |
13 May 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Video game developer and Steam creator Valve seems to not be interested in the creation of a comprehensive digital video game sales chart and says that one would in no way benefit the industry and might lead to developers getting the wrong idea about the state of the market.
Jason Holtman, who is the director of b... |
22 April 2011
17:21 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which has launched yet another sales evaluation for the game industry in the United States for the month of March, has also released a new estimate about the whole of 2010, showing that that gamers have spent no less than 5.8 billion dollars on purely digital video games content.
During the entire y... |
15 April 2011
17:11 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released its sales numbers for the month of March in the United States, showing that when it comes to hardware the newly released Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to do very well, with close to 400,000 of them getting in the hands of gamers.
The performance is even more impressive when taking in... |
15 April 2011
06:06 GMT |
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The sales data released by the NPD Group for the United States video game market in the month of March has shown that Pokemon Black and White, the new entry in the long-running series, and Homefront, the first-person shooter from Kaos Studios and publisher THQ, have managed to top the chart and finally topple Call of... |
15 April 2011
05:28 GMT |
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Estimates from analysts point to the Nintendo 3DS handheld having sold more than 500,000 units on the United States market since it was launched, with the biggest reason being the strong pre-orders that have been registered for the device.
Michael Pachter, who is an analyst of the video game market with Wedbush Mo... |
12 April 2011
10:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which offers monthly sales data for the United States hardware and video game markets, has announced that it will begin offering data linked to digital sales in an effort to create a better picture of the video game industry and its evolution.
Anita Frazier, who is an analyst for the NPD Group, has ... |
17 March 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts has said that the monthly figures which the NPD Group publishes for the video game market in the United States distort reality and should not be seen as a benchmark of how well a company is doing in the market.Electronic Arts probably chose to talk about the NPD data in a critical... |
15 March 2011
15:51 GMT |
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The NPD Group figures for hardware sales, linked to the month of February and the United States market, show that the Xbox 360 from Microsoft has again managed to be the best-selling home console, easily beating the numbers posted by the Nintendo Wii.
And speaking about the month of March, Doug Creutz, who is an a... |
14 March 2011
11:26 GMT |
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The video game that took up most of my time this week was Dawn of War II: Retribution, the new strategy game from Relic and THQ, which got a review from Softpedia and a series of Gamer Diaries.We also have a review for the High Definition remake of Beyond Good & Evil and have started a new set of diaries that focus o... |
13 March 2011
08:41 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released its sales results for the month of February on the United States market, surprising quite a few people by showing an increase of about 3 percent in terms of sales for the video games industry, as both hardware and accessories managed to do better than analysts predicted.
The total of new... |
11 March 2011
05:45 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released its sales figures for the month of February 2010 in the United States and even though the industry performed better than expected, beating the same period in 2010 by 3 percent when it comes to sales, the software segment was mostly disappointing, seeing a decline of 8%.Hardware did better t... |
11 March 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Colin Sebastian, who is an analyst watching the video game market for Lazard Capital, has said in a research note that he expects the NPD Group numbers that will be released shortly to show a decline in the revenue derived from video game hardware and software for the month of February.
The decline will be between... |
9 March 2011
09:57 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, the analyst that watches the video game industry for securities firm Wedbush Morgan, has said that he expects February to be another pretty bad month of gaming, with the market going down in value by about 6 percent when compared to the same period in 2010, making it the third consecutive month of de... |
8 March 2011
13:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released the hardware and video game sales chart for the month of January for the United States market, but the company no longer offers actual sales numbers for hardware, so analyst Michael Pachter stepped into the breach in order to offer a clearer picture of sales during last month.The Wesbush Mo... |
21 February 2011
16:41 GMT |
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