NPD: U.S. game spending up 40% in first half of 2018
U.S. consumers spent $19.5 billion on gaming in the first half of 2018, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This is up 40 percent...
Nintendo 3DS owners have Switched, leaving WarioWare behind
July was a great month for Nintendo. Octopath Traveler was the best-selling game in the U.S., according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. The...
July 2018 NPD: Nintendo Switch outsold Xbox One and PlayStation 4
The Nintendo Switch had the only big new breakout hit of July, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Octopath Traveler topped the software...
July 2018 NPD: Octopath Traveler and Grand Theft Auto V own the charts
The games industry in the United States generated $749 million in revenue in July, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That’s up 14...
Sales of definitive editions of games surge 150% in June
How long should publishers wait before rereleasing their games? Ten years is a bit long, and five years seems too quick. Except these days,...
It’s 2018, and the NES outsold the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
June was a big month for the video game industry thanks to the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show. That’s the event that is supposed...
June 2018 NPD: Mario Tennis Aces serves up a smash hit for Nintendo
The games industry brought in $1.08 billion in June, up 25 percent year-over-year, according to the industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Nintendo’s Mario Tennis Aces made quite...
Turtle Beach’s headsets are thriving as part of the Fortnite boom
Fortnite is one of the biggest games in the world because it is bringing people together online, and that means a lot of new...
Detroit: Become Human is Quantic Dream’s best game launch ever
Sony had the best-selling console platform of May, and the latest PlayStation 4 exclusive may have helped with that. Detroit: Become Human debuted May...
May 2018 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console hardware platform in May in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. But the...