November 2016 NPD: Pokémon has its biggest debut in franchise history
November gave us the PlayStation 4 Pro, the PlayStation VR, and the NES Classic Edition, but spending is still down. The video game industry...
PlayStation 4 Pro helps Sony’s console outsell Xbox One in November in the U.S.
After four months of the Xbox One outselling Sony’s console, the PlayStation 4 is back on top. The PS4 was the best-selling home gaming...
October 2016 NPD: Battlefield, Mafia, and Gears dominate the sales chart
Autumn is here, and gaming sales have returned with the falling leaves. The video game industry generated $875.7 million in revenues in October, according...
September 2016 NPD: NBA, NFL, FIFA, and NHL top the sales chart
Digital athletes were a bright spot for a shrinking industry. The U.S. gaming business generated $838.2 million last quarter, according to industry intelligence firm...
NPD: 28% of U.S. population ages 13 to 54 purchase extra video game content
Market research firm The NPD Group has released a new report on gamers’ spending habits on downloadable content. According to The NPD Group, 28...
August 2016 NPD: Madden, No Man’s Sky lift summer game spending
August isn’t typically a major month for consumer spending on consoles and software, but 2016 saw some growth last month thanks to big name...
The NPD Group buys EEDAR to make an even bigger game-market research juggernaut
Two different kinds of game market researchers are getting married. The NPD Group, which releases data on sales in the game industry on a...
June 2016 NPD: Overwatch still No. 1 during summer drought
In the first month that industry-tracking firm The NPD Group has ever included digital sales, the industry is down big. Consumers spent $652.2 million...
Research firm NPD brings digital Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox sales to its gaming report
The gaming industry in the United States is about to open up about some of its most guarded data. The sales-tracking intelligence firm The...
May 2016 NPD: Uncharted finds its fortune ahead of Doom, Overwatch
Nathan Drake found a big ol’ bucket of gold doubloons for Sony Interactive Entertainment, as Uncharted looks like it sold a few PlayStation 4...