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.
You’re spending more time playing mobile games than ever before
Kids spend more time than anyone playing on smartphones and tablets.
10 best-selling retail games of 2014: Call of Duty, Madden, and Destiny lead the way
Ubisoft flounders while Call of Duty once again dominates.
December 2014 NPD: Xbox One outsells PS4 again
Microsoft had a huge holiday, as it not only topped the hardware chart but it also dominated the software sales.
Smartphones are making console-only gamers rarer despite PS4 and Xbox One
The NPD Group finds that the only segment that is growing is "omni gamers," which are people who play on multiple types of devices.
March 2014 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One again despite Titanfall
Titanfall and Infamous were the top-selling games of the month.
February 2014 NPD: PlayStation 4 barely edges out Xbox One in console sales
The new hardware is still selling and giving the industry a boost.
Ditching the physical: 16% of consumers play digital only
As more gamers purchase the new consoles, analysts predict more will adopt digital as their primary method of purchasing software.
January 2014 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One by a nearly 2-to-1 margin
Gamers only spent $664 million on physical games at brick-and-mortar stores, which is down 21 percent from $835 million in 2013, according to industry research firm The NPD Group‘s monthly report. But the comparison isn’t quite fair since The NPD Group observed a five-week period in January 2013.
Game-related content generated $15.39B in U.S. last year
Digital games made up for a decline in physical sales.