October 2022 NPD: Modern Warfare 2 nabs gold at the wire
Gaming hardware sales are down, and consumer spending is still trending slightly down in October. The PlayStation 5 is also selling well, according to...
March 2021 NPD — Monster Hunter: Rise sales soar to No. 2 in the U.S.
Video games sales continue to grow as the pandemic drags on, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. The March 2021 NPD game report...
June 2020 NPD: The Last of Us Part II has best U.S. launch month of the year
The video game business was up once again in the United States last month, but some segments are starting to cool off. June software...
May 2020 NPD: Surging video game sales near $1 billion for the month
May 2020 did not have any breakout new releases, but U.S. video game fans opened up their wallets regardless, according to industry-tracking firm the...
April 2020 NPD: U.S. game spending breaks records
Cooped-up consumers spent truckloads of cash on video games in April, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Spending on tracked new games, hardware,...
February 2020 NPD: Spending dips after another slow month
Consumer spending on video games and related products in the United States continues to decline, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. For the...
January 2020 NPD: Even Goku can’t rescue game spending
Gaming fans in the United States are over the current generation of consoles. And that has led to another month of significant declines in...
December 2019 NPD — Call of Duty, Star Wars close out 2019 on top
Consumers in the U.S. spent nearly $3 billion on game-related products last month, according to the December 2019 NPD game report. But that number...
November 2018 NPD: Red Dead on top with strong debut from Pikachu
The video game industry in the United States was flat year-over-year in November, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. U.S. consumers spent $2.693...
Down again: Video game sales dip 20 percent in August
The monthly sales drop are getting to be a familiar thing. While gaming continues to grow as a business, sales through digital distribution are growing while purchases at physical retail locations is falling.