The DeanBeat: The critical season for game sales is upon us Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 25, 2011 3 min The holidays came early for a lot of gamers in November, with releases ranging from Uncharted 3: Drake’s Fortune to Call of Duty Modern... Continue Reading 3 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
Retail video game sales plunge 23 percent in August Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 8, 2011 3 min The summer has been something of a nightmare for the sales of video games in U.S. retail stores. In August, the trend continued as... Continue Reading 3 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
Summer funk continues, video game sales topple 10 percent Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 14, 2011 2 min In June, video game sales fell once again as the U.S. retail game industry continues to suffer from a low rate of new game releases,... 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
Nintendo sells 400,000 3DS units in first week in U.S. Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2011 2 min Nintendo said today that it sold just shy of 400,000 3DS handheld gaming system units in its first seven days of sales in the... Continue Reading 2 min
Report: U.S. video game sales rise in March, God of War III leads sales charts Posted byby GamesBeat April 17, 2010 2 min Things were looking up for the video game industry in March. Software sales grew 10 percent to $875.3 million from the same time a... Continue Reading 2 min