Video game sales drop 21 percent in December and fall 8 percent in 2011 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 13, 2012 2 min Video game sales failed to live up to high hopes in December, with total industry sales falling 21 percent to $3.99 billion from $5.07... Continue Reading 2 min
Third-quarter digital game sales couldn’t offset big drop in retail video games Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 20, 2011 1 min The total amount that consumers spent on games in the third quarter was $4.2 billion, down 11 percent from the same period a year... Continue Reading 1 min
U.S. console video games (finally) grow 1 percent in October Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 11, 2011 3 min U.S. retail video game sales finally showed some life in October, when sales grew 1 percent from a year ago, according to market researcher... Continue Reading 3 min
More kids are playing games thanks to rise of smartphones and tablets Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 12, 2011 1 min More kids are playing video games between the ages of 2 and 17, according to a new market research report. The NPD Group reported... Continue Reading 1 min
U.S. consumers spent $4.5B on games in the second quarter Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 5, 2011 1 min Consumers spent about $4.5 billion on all things game related in the second quarter of 2011, up 1 percent from a year ago, according... Continue Reading 1 min
July retail video game sales drop 26 percent, worst month since 2006 Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 11, 2011 2 min The U.S. retail game industry continues to suffer from a low rate of new game releases. Now we know just how much, thanks to... Continue Reading 2 min
Consumers spent more on digital online games in Q1 Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2011 1 min Consumers spent a total of $5.9 billion on both physical and digital online games in the first quarter, up 1.5 percent from a year... Continue Reading 1 min