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2008 NPD: Nintendo Sells Over 10 Million Wiis in US, New Lifetime Sales Figures for Each Console

By Nick Breckon, Jan 15, 2009 5:06pm PST

Shacknews' analysis of NPD Group's 2008 U.S. console sales data has revealed that Nintendo saw a banner year for total system sales, selling over...

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"What DS is a better portable gaming platform, come on ! the psp is far better, the only reason ..."

- mmaall see all 34 comments

NPD Reveals 2008's Best Selling Console Games

By Chris Faylor, Jan 15, 2009 3:54pm PST

Marking another record year for the United States video game sales, research firm NPD Group reports that 2008 saw the console market grow by 19% to...

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"Yeah. If you have a Wii you ought to have bought Wii Play with it because it comes with a ..."

- getlefty see all 43 comments

Nintendo, Call of Duty Dominate December Console Sales in US

By Nick Breckon, Jan 15, 2009 3:53pm PST

Along with its analysis of the 2008 U.S. video game market, NPD has also its released sales figures for December 2008. As expected, the Nintendo...

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"I regularly play Call of Duty with my Guitar Hero controller."

- psamathos see all 12 comments

Weekly PC Sales: The Sims Dethrone The Lich King

By Chris Faylor, Jan 12, 2009 9:07am PST

The Sims 2 Double Deluxe has ended World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King's seven-week reign as the top-selling PC game at United States retail...

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"That's funny I was thinking something similar to the effect of, how can The Sims sales be so ..."

- pixelateddoc see all 31 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Can Nothing Stop The Sims?

By Chris Faylor, Jan 06, 2009 9:03am PST

For the third week straight, NPD's list of the best-selling PC games at United States retailers features the exact same titles, just in a slightly...

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"You have to realize these type of games appeal to "girls" and mom and pop who want to buy what ..."

- poopster2 see all 35 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Left 4 Dead Rises

By Chris Faylor, Jan 03, 2009 10:08am PST

As the new year kicks off, sales-tracking firm NPD Group has looked back to December 14-20, 2008 and provided a list of that week's best-selling PC...

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"Agreed completely. You don't kill them while they wait for the elevator, you kill them as ..."

- SFtheWolf see all 171 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Disappears; Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty Gain Ground

By Chris Faylor, Dec 22, 2008 10:24am PST

Sales-tracking firm NPD has issued its latest take on PC software sales at United States retailers, charting the ten best-selling games from...

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"I still play COD4 PC online sometimes. It's a lot of fun still."

- deject see all 67 comments

Weekly PC Sales: A Slow Start for GTA 4

By Nick Breckon, Dec 15, 2008 12:00pm PST

The NPD today released its list of best-selling PC games at US retailers between November 30 and December 6, revealing a weak retail debut on the...

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"my comment was in reply to his statement: "what!? the requirements are not that high, if ..."

- Old_Fart see all 57 comments

Nintendo Overwhelms November Hardware Sales, Sells Over 2 Million Wiis

By Chris Faylor and Nick Breckon, Dec 11, 2008 3:52pm PST

Along with November's best-selling consoles games, NPD has detailed the month's hardware sales from US retailers. Thanks to the holiday shopping...

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"Their mindshare dwindled greatly with that generation, and that certainly hurts."

- ieGod see all 46 comments

November Console Games Sales: Wii Dominates as Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty Sell Millions

By Chris Faylor, Dec 11, 2008 3:40pm PST

Per tradition, sales-tracking research group NPD has issued its regular list of the past month's best-selling console games at U.S. retailers....

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"Except that L4D is a PC centered title and these are the console numbers."

- mizeriq see all 18 comments

November's Best-Selling PC Games Revealed

By Chris Faylor, Dec 11, 2008 2:03pm PST

Rolling its weekly sales offerings into a monthly bundle, marketing research firm NPD today issued its list of the 20 best-selling PC games at US...

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"Raking in all that cash and they can still only release decent content every two years. Weak."

- Inarion see all 41 comments

Weekly PC Sales: WoW Slays Black Friday

By Chris Faylor, Dec 10, 2008 8:06am PST

Sales-tracking group NPD today released its tally of the best-selling PC games at US retailers between November 23-29--a week that concluded with...

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"I'm happy with the $49 I paid for it. My 3, going on 4, runs through it might have something to ..."

- MercFox1 see all 37 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Left 4 Dead, Lich King Reign

By Nick Breckon, Dec 02, 2008 11:23am PST

It's an undeadly sort of week for NPD's PC gaming sales chart, with Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Valve's Left 4 Dead...

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"I'm not entirely sure, but I think Sims 2 only has a cd-key and cd-check in all the expansions."

- SilverSnake see all 38 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Fallout 3 Continues Lead as World of Warcraft Reappears

By Blake Ellison, Nov 21, 2008 3:08pm PST

Following weekly tradition, market research firm NPD has released the top 10 selling PC games for the week of November 2 to November 8. To the...

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"OK lame is me, fine I get it. Was not intentional, sorry again! But really people, after the ..."

- tunis5000 see all 28 comments

NPD Updates Top Five Console Games of 2008

By Blake Ellison, Nov 17, 2008 10:15am PST

As an update to the top five sellers as of August 2008, Gamasutra has done some math and come out with the five best-selling games across all of...

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"Personally, my guess is that Nintendo paid them to come out with a list tallied in this way, ..."

- LemonJoose see all 22 comments