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...
U.S. console-hardware spending hits mammoth $420 million in April
You’ve heard the reports that more people turned to video games for entertainment and socialization in April. But now, industry-tracking firm The NPD Group...
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...
September 2019 NPD: NBA 2K20 and Borderlands 3 top the charts
Consumer spending on video games continued to decline in the United States in September, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. But fans still...
August 2019 NPD: A 20-year low for August game sales
Consumer spending on video games in the United States was down year-over-year in August, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Here are the...
NPD: Nintendo Switch outsold PlayStation and Xbox in June
The video game business in the United States is at the beginning of a generational transition. Hardware sales are down overall, but that’s not...
June 2019 NPD: Super Mario and Crash Bandicoot top the chart
The game industry is still contracting as the current console generation comes to an end. Hardware sales continue plummet for Microsoft and Sony, and...