April 2016 NPD: Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank lead as gaming industry drops 15%
April was the Dark Souls of months for the game industry. Consumers spent $509.5 million on new game-related products at retailers in the United...
Nintendo’s Star Fox and Bravely Second rank among April’s best-selling console games
It might be a rough year ahead for the company, as the Wii U home console dies a slow death while everyone waits for the launch of its successor — the NX — next March. Still, two Nintendo games managed to make market analyst The NPD Group’s list of the best-sellers of April in the $99 billion games industry.
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...
PlayStation 4 outsold Xbox One in November
Sony and Microsoft went into the gift-giving holiday battle armed with deals and bundles, but only one console could come out on top. And...
October 2015 NPD: Halo 5 leads gaming to $805M month
American consumers spent $805.9 million on new game-related software and hardware at retailers last month, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That was up 2 percent compared to $788.7 million in October 2014. Hardware and software were down, but it was accessories that ensured the industry saw what little growth it did.
Kids abandon PC gaming for mobile devices
This makes it the gaming platform of choice for children and teens, a spot previously reserved for home computers — and part of the reason why the mobile market is worth an estimated $30 billion this year, according to the researchers at Newzoo.
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...
July 2015 NPD: Lack of new games doesn’t hurt industry — or PlayStation 4
July brought the hot summer days and very few major releases, but the gaming industry is still growing. New game hardware, software, and accessories...
Parents spent an average of $131 on ‘toys-to-life’ games like Disney Infinity over last 6 months
Turns out kids are really good at convincing their parents to buy them stuff. “Interactive Gaming Toys,” a new report from industry-tracking company The NPD group, found that parents spent an average of $131 on toys-to-life games over the last six months.
NPD begins tracking mobile data on in-app and full-game purchases
NPD is tracking hundreds of thousands of transactions to provide a look into the trends on mobile, and now it wants to share that with developers and publishers.