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NPD figures won’t deliver pleasant when they are released on Thursday, according to Cowen & Company industry analyst Doug Creutz.

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Darksiders 2 and Kingdom Hearts 3D figures have been expanded up by NPD after releasing its monthly US retail report.

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NPD Group has released a report citing a decline in the number of gamers in the US during 2012.

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The NPD Group has released its regular monthly report on US sales figures, showing yet another month of decreased spending.

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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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As predicted, the NPD is reporting US sales figures took a nosedive for the seventh consecutive month.

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Nintendo has announced ahead of the NPDs Nintendo 3DS has now sold 5 million units in the United States.

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2.1 million games were sold at retail in the UK throughout June, down more than 40 percent on the same month in 2011, while revenue raised by UK stores was down from £78.4 million to £48.4 million, a drop of 38 percent.

The number one selling game in June was Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, followed by LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, which has so far spent three consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts.

The grim sales figures come as Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter, predicted that US sales during June will be down by around 34% year-on-year.

Thanks, MCV.

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When the NPD Group releases its June sales report later this week, Michael Pachter isn’t banking on good news.

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In the same interview in which he promised EA will go “100% digital”, Labels boss Frank Gibeau said the publisher doesn’t give a fig for “irrelevant” NPD data.

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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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NPD has published its 2012 Online Gaming report, and according to the firm’s findings, customers are becoming more confident with digital purchases as one-third said they would rather buy a digital copy of a game instead of a physical copy. This figure is up 10% compared to the number of digital consumers in 2011. The survey found that 40% of those who purchased games also bought at least one game in both digital and physical formats. The data was collected over a three month period with 8,500 participants.

Cowen analyst Doug Creutz has said Diablo III sold 1 million units at retail during May in the US. Citing NPD figures, Creutz said Max Payne 3 and Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier both sold 400,000 units each, which is 200,000 units below what the firm estimated for each title. Despite the lower than predicted sales, both titles were the best-selling console titles at retail for the month. Thanks, Gamasutra.

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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NPD has released used and digital figures for the UK, US, France and Germany for Q4 2011. In the UK, used game sales were close to £100 million, while the used market in the US was over $521 million.

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NPD has announced it will start including game sales data in its monthly report starting June 14. The firm announced it would start including sales figures from the box retailer back in February. Thanks, Joystiq.

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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According to a report published by NPD Group, a large number of free-to-play gamers spend real money on their game of choice.

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NPD has said Mass Effect 3 sales for March were 1.3 million units across all platforms, the firm told Joystiq. While it wouldn’t break any figures down for the site, Aaron Greenberg tweeted that Xbox 360 sales were 943,000 units for the period, out-selling the PS3 version four-to-one. Since NPD doesn’t take digital sales into account just yet, it’s worth noting digital sales across PC and PSN would make the core figure higher if included. NPD said in its March industry report sales for Mass Effect 3 were twice that of Mass Effect 2 during its debut.

NPD also told Joystiq Binary Domain moved 20,000 units during March.

NPD has released its report for March 2012 retail sales in the US, and the news was rather grim as all sectors noted a decline in sales.

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