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NPD's Top Five Console Games of 2008

By Blake Ellison, Sep 23, 2008 1:24pm PDT

The Shacknews NPD tag is an easy resource to look at the state of the games industry, with weekly PC sales and monthly console sales charts showing...

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"You really don't own a Wii, do you? What you stated was nothing more than side observations ..."

- JackAxe see all 18 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Spore Takes Three Slots, Crysis Hangs in There and EA Keeps Dominating

By Chris Faylor, Sep 23, 2008 12:41pm PDT

Though EA Maxis' Spore magically appeared on sales charts before its official release, this week's data from marketing research firm NPD Group...

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"Don't worry, they'll release the 2nd hero class in Fall, 2011."

- ReiMomo see all 38 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Spore Is Magical, Crysis Revived

By Chris Faylor, Sep 16, 2008 8:35am PDT

Sales-tracking firm NPD today issued its list of the ten best selling PC games in the United States from August 31 to September 6, featuring the...

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"The game only sold 90,000 copies in its firth month of release, but went on to sell well over a ..."

- Wisp! see all 42 comments

NPD: Madden, Wii Games Lead August

By Blake Ellison, Sep 11, 2008 3:35pm PDT

A trio of versions of Madden NFL 09 filled the top three at US retailers across August, sales-tracking firm NPD Group revealed today. Also coming...

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"I agree there -- the game really needs more players in co-op to take advantage of the classes."

- Sturm08 see all 18 comments

Weekly PC Sales: The Usual Suspects, and Some Fish

By Blake Ellison, Sep 09, 2008 12:06pm PDT

Continuing its weekly tradition, sales-tracking marketing research firm NPD has released its regular list of the best-selling PC games at US...

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"You do realize these are sales figures for Aug24 - Aug30. So Spore wasn't out yet..."

- SilverSnake see all 24 comments

Weekly PC Sales: The Orange Box Reappears

By Chris Faylor, Sep 03, 2008 9:03am PDT

Continuing its weekly tradition, sales-tracking marketing research firm NPD has released its regular list of the best-selling PC games at US...

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"Is piracy more rampant in Australia than the US? I don't know much about the wages in AU, but I ..."

- Nighteyes see all 30 comments

Weekly PC Sales: World of Warcraft Keeps Selling

By Chris Faylor, Aug 26, 2008 8:57am PDT

Following yesterday's release of July's top 20 best-selling PC games, marketing research firm NPD Group has issued its list of the top-selling PC...

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"I have many older customers (age 45+) buying the game. I'm selling a shit ton of video cards ..."

- sheepraper see all 19 comments

July PC Sales: Nancy Drew Tops World of Warcraft, The Sims

By Blake Ellison, Aug 25, 2008 11:51am PDT

Games market research group NPD Group has released its composite list of the 20 best-selling PC games across July. As a reminder of its...

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"So because some things are dominated by retail (music, clothing, hamburgers, etc) it means PC ..."

- Sageous see all 71 comments

Weekly PC Sales: World of Warcraft Dominates, Blizzard Games Account for Half of the Top 10

By Chris Faylor, Aug 19, 2008 7:17am PDT

Sales-tracking and marketing research group NPD has chimed in with the latest PC software sales in the United States, covering the week of August 3...

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"They don't include: - some US retailers(for example: one of them is walmart ) - every single ..."

- mizeriq see all 13 comments

Console Makers Respond to July Sales Data

By Steve Gibson, Aug 14, 2008 8:28pm PDT

As is just about always the case after the NPD sales numbers come out, the console manufacturers have all released their own statements to remind...

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"Maybe because Blu-ray disk sales are up over 300% year over year, so it isn't an assumption?"

- theflux see all 19 comments

NPD: NCAA Football, Nintendo DS Lead July Sales; Soul Calibur 4, Rock Band Wii Make Strong Debuts

By Aaron Linde and Chris Faylor, Aug 14, 2008 3:39pm PDT

The Xbox 360 edition of NCAA Football and the Nintendo DS hardware led console sales at US retailers across July, sales-tracking firm NPD Group...

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"Madden has always been more popular, obviously, but IMO NCAA has had better gameplay for years ..."

- Speedy8 see all 19 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Blizzard and EA Keep Dominating

By Chris Faylor, Aug 12, 2008 7:21am PDT

Per its weekly tradition, research firm NPD has provided its regular update on the sales of PC software at North American retailers, this time...

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"I'm thinking keep the same sprites and just put more on the screen sorta like the expansion did ..."

- goatboy see all 14 comments

PCs Played More Than Any Console, Reports NPD; PS3 Owners Most Likely to Have Multiple Consoles

By Chris Faylor, Aug 11, 2008 9:50am PDT

PCs are used for gaming more than any console and PlayStation 3 owners are more likely to have multiple consoles, according to the results of the...

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"I don't care much for these types of statistics. They don't make any sort of point that is ..."

- vHazardous see all 100 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Blizzard's Reign Continues, Civilization 4 Resurrected

By Aaron Linde, Aug 04, 2008 10:48am PDT

Sales-tracking firm NPD Group today issued its list of the ten best-selling pieces of PC software in the United States across the week of July 20...

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"7 out of the top 10 PC titles are priced at $30 or less. Only 1 title in the whole list is a ..."

- LemonJoose see all 37 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Diablo Battle Chest Hangs On, Topped by Spore Creatures and Nancy Drew

By Chris Faylor, Jul 22, 2008 7:56am PDT

Sales-tracking firm NPD Group today issued its list of the ten best-selling pieces of PC software in the United States across the week of July 6 to...

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"LoL. You sound like Billy Corgan when Britney Spears outsold the Smashing Pumpkins."

- Pettytheft see all 37 comments