February 2016 NPD: Far Cry, Fire Emblem, and Street Fighter fail to lift U.S. game spending
February had a lot of blockbuster game releases, but that wasn’t enough to match spending from last year. Consumers spent $842.5 million on new physical...
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...
August 2015 NPD: PlayStation 4 and Madden are the kings of summer
You always know summer is over when you read that the latest Madden NFL is the top-selling game of August. New physical games and...
Nintendo has sold 7 million Amiibos in the U.S. since November
Amongst Nintendo's latest sales numbers: Americans bought a ridiculous amount of Amiibos
March 2015 NPD: PlayStation 4 is the top-selling console, No. 1 in software sales
Bloodborne's debut contributes to a great month for Sony's PlayStation division.
The DeanBeat: The next-generation console war has taken shape
In next-generation consoles, Sony has outsold its rivals with its PlayStation 4 game console. Microsoft is a fairly distant No. 2 with the Xbox One. And Nintendo is all but out of the running with its Wii U.
Nintendo sells 1.5M copies of new Pokémon games in first 10 days in U.S.
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire are big sellers.
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.
More than a third of people in the U.S. older than 9 play PC games
Among people who play PC games, nearly half are now accustomed to waiting for a sale on digital-retail sites before making a purchase.
U.S. video game spending stagnated at $4.6B in the first quarter
Gains in digital games can't make up for falling physical retail sales. But hardware grew 47%.