U.S. and Canada grew total number of mobile gamers in 2018 by 5%
The U.S. and Canada saw a growth in mobile gaming in 2018. This is according to a new report done in collaboration with industry-tracking...
November 2018 NPD: Nintendo Switch outsells PS4 in dollar sales
November was another big month for video game hardware. Nintendo Switch outsold the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in terms of dollar sales, according...
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...
NPD: U.S. video game spending up 24% to $9.1 billion in Q3 2018
Consumer spending on video games in the U.S. during Q3 2018 (July to September) reached $9.1 billion in the U.S., according to The NPD...
PlayStation 4 outsold Xbox One and Switch in October
October was a huge month for both software and hardware, and — once again — Sony is benefiting from that excitement. PlayStation 4 outperformed...
October 2018 NPD: Call of Duty still outsells Red Dead Redemption II
Gaming consumers in the United States spent $1.545 billion in October, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That is up year-over-year, and it’s little...
September 2018 NPD: Spider-Man does what only he can
Gaming consumers in the United States spent $1.376 billion in September, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That’s up year-over-year. It was an...
Rainbow Six: Siege proves that those ‘free weekends’ work
August was a huge month for game sales in the United States. Software spending was up 16 percent year-over-year to $285 million, according to...
NPD: 90% of U.S.’s 211.2 million gamers play on mobile, 59% are multiplatform
Out of the 211.2 million gamers in the U.S., 59 percent of them play on more than one platform. This is according to The...
Nielsen acquires SuperData Research to better track digital games and esports
Nielsen wants to get better at tracking video games. To fill in the digital-shaped gap in its data reporting, the market analysis firm has...