May 2022 NPD: Switch leads sales and Elden Ring retakes the top spot
After a brief uptick last month, hardware sales have again fallen, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. The continued console scarcity alongside a...
NPD partners with IGDA to give developers market insights
The NPD Group is one of the only firms that tracks game sales in the United States. That data shapes publishing decisions, and now...
Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man raise game industry sales forecast for the rest of 2018
Market researcher DFC Intelligence raised its forecast for video game hardware and software sales in 2018 and 2019. The forecast improvement is based on...
Cyber Monday vendors targeting gamers with big discounts
Gamers are going to get a lot of bargains on Cyber Monday, the traditional discount day for electronic commerce holiday shopping. Cyber Monday hasn’t...
The DeanBeat: Worldwide game revenues weren’t too shabby in 2015
China may have hit the pause button, and the stock markets around the world tanked. Game investments and game industry acquisitions fell sharply in...
U.S. games industry forecast to grow 30 percent to $19.6B by 2019
Games are still much smaller than filmed entertainment, but by no means are consoles or PC games dying.
U.S. console and game sales weaken in November
Software and hardware sales in November couldn't match the hype of the launch month a year ago.
Video game retail sales slipped in 2013 as gamers prepped for new consoles
Overall retail game sales dropped 2%. Hardware was up 5%, software down 9%, and accessories up 3%.
Microsoft’s Xbox One wins early sales battle on Black Friday
Microsoft’s Xbox One was the most popular video game console on Black Friday, according to a survey of early shoppers by shopping market research...
U.S. digital game revenue drops 1% from last year to $841M in June
Retail game sales fell 16.7 percent in June, while free-to-play grew 9 percent.