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The NPD Group’s January 2012 report on US retail shows a marked depression over past years’ results.

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The NPD Group Australia has revealed a 12.8% year-on-year decrease in traditional retail in 2011, but local industry expects digital revenue to climb.

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NPD Group Australia has revealed Sony took the greatest slice of market share at Australian retail over 2011.

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NPD has announced it’s reached an agreement with Walmart, which will allow the firm to include the retail giant’s sales data in its monthly games industry report. Information from both physical and an online outlets will be included. The agreement also includes data from other offerings the chain sells, which NPD also tracks, such as toys, home items, apparel, etcetera. “This agreement is truly a game changer for NPD and for the industry,” said NPD president and COO Karyn Schoenbart. “With Walmart data, we will be able to provide our clients with world class information and solidify our leadership position as the premier source of market insight in our industries. We look forward to offering our clients the best information ever for understanding their customers in order to drive better decisions and grow their businesses.” Thanks, IndustryGamers.

NPD December 2011 report has shown US industry sales at $3.99 billion, a 21% year-over-year decline.

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According to a new report from the NPD Group, the third quarter of 2011 saw US gamers spend more on non-traditional business models than packaged retail goods.

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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.

Ahead of the NPD’s release of US sales figures for November, analysts have picked the Xbox 360 as a clear favourite.

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NPD has been doing a bit of math, and according to its figures for the 12 months ending October 31, the dance genre has grown 326% percent year-over-year. When compared to overall videogame sales, the later has only grown yoy by 3%. Last month, NPD noted that the dance category was up 135% when comparing October 2010 figures to the same period in 2011. Two titles which can help confirm the growth in the genre are Just Dance and Dance Central: the former is up 85% yoy in sales and the later passed the 2.5 million sales mark in August of this year. According to NPD, 8 out of every 10 players of dance games are female, the majority of which are teenagers or younger.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Mobile analytics firm Flurry, along with NPD data suggest Apple and Android games have surpassed both Nintendo and Sony in the gaming on the go market.

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A list released by NPD, apparently included in Ubisoft’s earnings report today, cites Call of Duty: Black Ops as selling close to 15 million copies in the US as of September 2011.

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In the first nine months of 2011, each of the three traditional games industry markets returned very different sales results.

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September 2011 saw a six percent decrease in physical sales compared to the same period one year ago, according to the NPD’s monthly sales track report, making it the fourth month in the row to post a decrease.

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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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NPD has released its annual Kids and Entertainment Content report which states game downloads have increased over the last two years with children between the ages of 2-14.

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According to NPD, the month of August saw American physical sales up 3 percent over the month prior, but sales were still down 23 percent year-over-year to $669.9 million.

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According to NPD, the four weeks of July saw American physical sales fall 26 percent year-over-year to $707.7 million, making it the worst month recorded in the past five years.

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NPD’s announced that it’s to begin tracking sales of digital and mobile games in Europe from around October-December this year.

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NPD and analyst firm EEDAR said today that they’re to collaborate on providing “expanding video game tracking” to the US market, after complaints earlier this year that a lack of digital data in NPD reporting was giving a skewed view of the industry.

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