Category: npd

People are still spending record amounts on gaming in the US this year

[ad_1] Hardware sales were “only” $848 million, but that mark represented a massive 57 percent bump from Q2 2019. NPD said that console sales were strong across the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — so even though these consoles have all been available for a while, they all got a nice bump. Similarly, […]

NPD’s best-selling games of the decade charts ‘Call of Duty’ domination

[ad_1] As usual, the NPD group has rounded up sales stats for the last month, but with the flip from 2019 to 2020 it is also listing some of the best sellers over the last ten years. Grand Theft Auto V is the best selling game across all platforms and outlets tracked from 2010 through […]

‘Anthem’ was the top-selling game in the US this February

[ad_1] It’s not a completely surprising figure. EA had been hyping the game for the better part of two years, and there were strong incentives to pre-order. The real litmus test will likely be the March NPD figures — you’ll know Anthem lost momentum if there’s a sharp drop in sales. Nonetheless, BioWare could see […]