Tag Archives: NPDs
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 | 03:09 BST
NPD August: Darksiders 2, Xbox 360 dominate
Darksiders 2 was the best-selling game at US retail during the month of August.
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 | 03:19 BST
Pachter predicts 34% YOY decline in NPD’s June sales report
When the NPD Group releases its June sales report later this week, Michael Pachter isn’t banking on good news.
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.
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 | 03:29 BST
Pachter predicts March NPD declines, hardware cuts ahead
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter expects a grim result in this week’s NPD report – but expects a PlayStation 3 price cut this year.
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 06:30 BST
Pachter: Slow April game sales suggest “something is terribly wrong”

Before particularly nasty natural disasters, there’s this phenomenon where animals somehow see it coming and find high ground atop a hill or something of the like.
See that hill over there? There are analysts gathered atop that hill. The end times are near.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 03:07 GMT
Mass Effect 2 becomes best-selling January release ever in only one week

Shepard and the crew vas Normandy may have been leapfrogged by Nintendo’s portly plumber, but that didn’t stop Mass Effect 2 from taking home a nice consolation prize.
You know, nothing special. Just the award for best-selling January release ever.
Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | 07:35 BST
September NPD – PS3 bested only by DS in the US

Price-cuts and Slim’s launch have done wonders for PlayStation 3 in this month’s NPD: the console sold over 491k in the US September.
DS was the overall best selling hardware though, with sales of 524k. Wii sold 462k, Xbox 360 managed 352k, and there were sales of 190k for PSP and 146k for PlayStation 2.
Full list is below.
- Nintendo DS – 524.2K
- PlayStation 3 – 491.8K
- Wii – 462.8K
- Xbox 360 – 352.6K
- PSP – 190.4K
- PlayStation 2 – 146.0K
Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | 07:25 BST
September NPD – Raw Data
PlayStation 2 146.0K
PlayStation 3 491.8K
PSP 190.4K
Xbox 360 352.6K
Wii 462.8K
Nintendo DS 524.2K
HALO 3:ODST 360 MICROSOFT (CORP) Sep-09 1.52M 1
WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 442.9K 2
MADDEN NFL 10 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 289.6K 3
MARIO & LUIGI:BOWSER’S INSIDE STORY NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Sep-09 258.1K 4
THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* 360 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 254.0K 5
MADDEN NFL 10 PS3 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 246.5K 6
MARVEL:ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 2 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 236.0K 7
BATMAN:ARKHAM ASYLUM* PS3 SQUARE ENIX INC (CORP) Aug-09 212.5K 8
GUITAR HERO 5* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 210.8K 9
THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* WII MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 208.6K 10




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