Tag Archives: anita frazier
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 | 08:26 BST
NPD July – NCAA 13 top, total spend down 20% YOY
The NPD Group has released its regular monthly report on US sales figures, showing yet another month of decreased spending.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: anita frazier, July NPDs, npd, the npd group
Wed, Aug 08, 2012 | 23:44 BST
NPD: Digital sales up 17%, not enough to reverse industry decline
Ahead of tomorrow’s full July report, the NPD Group has released some interesting figures showing a significant increase in digital sales.
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Posted in: America, Trade
Tags: anita frazier, July NPDs, npd, the npd group
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 | 15:00 BST
NPD June – Lego Batman 2 tops, hardware plummets
As predicted, the NPD is reporting US sales figures took a nosedive for the seventh consecutive month.
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Posted in: America, Charts, Retail, Trade
Tags: anita frazier, June NPD, June NPD 2012, npd, NPD Group, NPDs, the npd group
Tue, Jul 03, 2012 | 04:51 BST
NPD: Non-traditional spend over half of Q1 2012 total
Of the $3.4 billion the NPD estimates was spent on gaming in the first quarter of 2012, new retail purchases accounted for just $1.5 billion.
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Posted in: America, France, Germany, Trade, UK
Tags: anita frazier, npd, the npd group
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 | 02:56 BST
NPD May – Diablo III beats out multi-plats, 3DS tops hardware
The NPD Group’s monthly report on US retail sales shows a significant dip in overall sales, but strong performances from Blizzard’s Diablo III and the 3DS.
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Posted in: America, Retail, Trade
Tags: anita frazier, may npd, May NPD 2012, npd, NPDs, the npd group
Fri, May 11, 2012 | 09:33 BST
NPD April: Prototype 2 on top, sales plummet 42%
NPD has released its report for April 2012 retail sales in the US, outlining one of the sharpest declines in industry sales in recent years.
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Posted in: America, Charts, Financials, Microsoft, Nintendo, Retail, Sony
Tags: anita frazier, Kinect Star Wars, npd, Prototype 2, Skylanders
Sat, Dec 10, 2011 | 20:57 GMT
Rayman Origins moves 50,000 units for November US debut
NPD analyst Anita Frazier has told Eurogamer that Rayman Origins sold a little over 50,000 copies during the month of November in the US. While she wouldn’t reveal where it landed on the chart, she did tell the site that Sonic Generations hit 26 on the chart, and through she failed to provide uni sales for the title. For context, Super Mario 3D Land sold over 625,000, and while Frazier didn’t say where it landed on the full-chart, it wasn’t in the top 10 for the month. Rayman Origins was release in the US on November 15.
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Posted in: Ubisoft
Tags: anita frazier, npd, Rayman Origins
Wed, Oct 05, 2011 | 15:16 BST
NPD: Total videogame spend in US hits $4.5 billion during Q2
NPD has released a report citing the amount spent by US consumers on gaming accessories, content and hardware during Q2 of the 2011 fiscal year, and the figure currently stands at $4.5 billion, which is up one percent year-over-year.
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Posted in: America, Retail, Trade, study
Tags: anita frazier, npd, Q2 2011 Games Industry: Total Consumer Spend
Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 14:32 BST
NPD: $5.9 billion spent on videogames in Q1 2011 in the US
NPD’s said today that $5.9 billion was spent in Q1 2011 on gaming hardware, content and accessories.
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Posted in: America
Tags: anita frazier, npd
Wed, Mar 16, 2011 | 09:29 GMT
NPD to include digital sales data in future reports
The NPD Group has confirmed it’s looking to include digital sales data for future monthly sales reports in the US.
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Posted in: America, Retail
Tags: anita frazier, npd
Sat, Feb 12, 2011 | 21:48 GMT
Saturday Shorts: Nokia loves Microsoft, Lieberman and Slash speak, SWTOR, Duke, She-Hulk
It’s Saturday. Likely, you are enjoying eggs at the kitchen table while still in your undercrackers. As the wife yells at you for the fifth time to get dressed, continue to ignore her, and read up on smaller news stuff instead. We’ll be your character witness when you land in divorce court.
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Posted in: Saturday Shorts
Tags: anita frazier, bulletstorm, DCUO, dice, dr. carole lieberman, duke nukem forever, fox news, guitar hero, MVC3, NGP games, serious sam 3, she-hulk, slash, swtor, the silver lining, world of tanks
Fri, Jan 14, 2011 | 07:31 GMT
NPD December 2010 – Xbox 360 sees YoY increase with 1.86 million units, Black Ops is software winner
NPD figures for the month of December 2010, released last night, showed that Xbox 360 enjoyed year-on-year increase for the month – the only console to do so – with 1.9 million sales in the US.
Call of Duty: Black Ops topped the December charts, and was also named the biggest-selling American game of 2010.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, America, DS, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Nintendo, PC, PS3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: anita frazier, esa, michael gallagher, npd, NPD December 2010, YoY Increase
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 17:55 BST
NPD group tiptoes towards digital sales tracking
US stat tracker NPD claims its decision to drop individual sales numbers for game software and hardware in favour of a top ten by title hasn’t gone down well in some quarters; the silver lining is it’s promising a new report which will, for the first time, capture digital and mobile sales.
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Posted in: Charts, Hot, Mobile, Publishers, Retail, hardware
Tags: anita frazier, digital distribution, NPD Group, physical sales, sales figures
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 | 20:43 BST
NPD: Only 6% of US console users have downloaded DLC
NPD has issued a report stating only 6 percent of US console users downloaded extra content for their games, proving there’s a “large and untapped” market for digital content along with connected devices.
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 | 14:04 BST
PC retail and digitally distributed sales almost equal, says NPD
NPD’s announced that sales of PC games last year sold at retail were only slightly higher than those achieved through digital distribution.
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Posted in: America, Hot, PC, Retail, Trade
Tags: anita frazier, npd, PC downloads, PC retail
Thu, May 27, 2010 | 20:03 BST
NPD: Extreme gamers play 48 hours a week
NPD has issued a new report called Gamer Segmentation 2010, and according to research from the firm, the most extreme gamers play for 48.5 hours a week.
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Posted in: Genres, Internet, Retail, Stuff
Tags: anita frazier, Gamer Segmentation 2010, npd, study
Fri, May 14, 2010 | 00:23 BST
NPD April 2010: Games sales down 26% for the month
The NPD Group has issued its industry results from April, and it looks like the market as a whole was down 26 percent to $766.2M, and is down year-to-date by 11 percent.
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Posted in: America, Charts, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: anita frazier, npd april 2010
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 | 21:45 BST
Portable gaming on the rise with US youngsters
NPD has revealed that portable gaming has risen 8 percent since 2005 among children aged 4 to 14, with 44 percent of US youngsters owning a handheld gaming device.
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 | 00:55 BST
God of War III bests God of War II launch by 32%
NPD’s Anita Frazier revealed her industry analysis for March 2010 that God of War III has bested the launch of it’s predecessor, God of War II, by 32 percent.
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Posted in: Action, America, Charts, Hot, PS3, Retail, Sony, Trade
Tags: anita frazier, God of War II, god of war III, kratos, npd, NPD March 2010, Sony Santa Monica
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 22:58 GMT
NPD: 90% of game sales during Q3 2009 happened at retail
The NPD Group has revealed that 90 percent of all new and used console sales, add-ons, song packs and rentals were made from physical retail or rental services during the third-quarter of 2009.
New Super Luigi U screenshots show various stages, worlds