Crysis, Unreal Tournament 3 See Low Sales Debuts
When November industry sales data was released this week by tracking firm NPD, the PC platform was notably absent from the list of top ten...
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ShackCast 23 features Remo, Faylor, and Nick--but where's the ever-scatalogical Steve? This episode contains a twist worthy of M. Night Shamalamadingdong!
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see all 35 commentsMonthly NPD Console Sales Data Graphed
Yesterday we covered the November NPD United States console hardware and video game software sales data on the main site; as of today we're going...
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see all 3 commentsGame Sales Swell to $2.63B in November, Call of Duty 4 Takes Top Software Spot
NPD just released its game industry data for November, and the month containing the infamous Black Friday brought with it an insane level of video...
READ MORE >"yeh, i bought that, bioshock, orange box from steam, and ut3, supreme commander/forged alliance, ..."
see all 91 commentsWii Breaks Monthly Sales Record in November With Nearly 1 Million Units Sold
NPD's sales figures for November place the Wii in the top spot for home console sales during the month of the infamous Black Friday, with 981,000...
READ MORE >"Right but two things - this is close to a round number (1,000,000) - the Wii outsold the ..."
see all 13 commentsStudy Finds 63 Percent of U.S. Plays Games, Often to Relieve Stress
A new report by the industry watchers at the NPD Group found 63% of the U.S. population plays video games in some form. This includes players of...
READ MORE >"Every day when I get home from work I feel so frustrated The boss is a jerk And I get my ..."
see all 9 commentsGame Sales Bring in $1.1B for October, Wii Retakes Hardware Charts
NPD has kept its word and released gaming sales numbers for October, revealing game-related revenues of $1.1 billion for the month, a 73 percent...
READ MORE >"well it was killer apps - plural. i think the price and the way the system is perceived now ..."
see all 65 commentsNPD Will Continue to Release Game Sales Data
When industry tracker the NPD Group announced last week it would be scaling back its data released to the media at large, the company received an...
READ MORE >"Much love for these guys! Even though the numbers doesn't reflect sales globally or even ..."
see all 11 commentsNPD Reportedly Reducing Released Numbers (Updated)
Update: Speaking with 1up, NPD representative David Riley has confirmed that the firm will be reducing the sale figures it provides to the public,...
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see all 29 commentsHalo 3 Pushes September Game Sales to $1.36B
NPD's U.S. sales figures for the month of September--the month of Bungie's Halo 3 launch--have arrived. Led by the highly anticipated title, total...
READ MORE >"Even though Mass Effect looks amazing I don;t think it will push the sales of x360 more than 5% ..."
see all 28 commentsConsole Sales Bolster Year's Game Sales by 43%
Industry watchers NPD gave Shacknews the North American game industry stats for August today, highlighted by $8.02 billion in overall year-to-date...
READ MORE >"ya it's like XBOX and wii are not getting any games untill 2 months after MGS4 come out."
see all 16 comments360 Madden Outsells PS2 Version in August, BioShock Takes Third Spot
NPD gave Shacknews the North American software sales numbers for the month of August today, with the top two spots taken by the Xbox 360 version...
READ MORE >"I find your last paragraph interesting as well. I think EA and Ubisoft are really limiting ..."
see all 66 commentsNintendo Reigns Again, Wii Pulls Ahead in Console Race
Kyoto-based game giant Nintendo has reclaimed the top spot in sales of home consoles worldwide, according to a report today from the Financial...
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see all 65 commentsGame Industry Booming as Nintendo Dominates
With nearly $1 billion in sales recorded for the month of July, the year-to-date progress of the North American gaming industry is up some 43% over...
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see all 38 commentsNintendo Wii Supplies to Remain Limited in 2007
According to recent reports by Taiwanese manufacturers, Nintendo has been forced to delay the planned production increase of its Wii console. Due...
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"UT3 was unplayable on an Opteron with Sli'd 7800 GTs. That's silly. really disappointed by ..."
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