Npd January 2010

Npd January 2010 headlines

• Pachter: Wii shortage contributed to $30M industry decline in January

  Michael Pachter has weighed-in on the NPD figures released last night, and says that the industry decline can be attributed to a shortage of Nintendo hardware.

• NPD: Nintendo systems retain top positions in January sales

  Nintendo has responded to last night’s NPDs and it was very pleased that Wii was the number one selling console for January.

• Crackdown 2 for June was listed "incorrectly", says Microsoft

  During the release of the NPDs last night, Microsoft sent a mail out responding to the figures, and in it, it said Crackdown 2 would be released in June. Well, apparently, that’s not the case.

• Tretton: '09 a "great success" for PlayStation

  SCEA boss Jack Tretton has put live the company’s NPD response for January on the US PS Blog, saying 2009 was a “great success” for PlayStation.

• NPD: Microsoft says January was a "great kick-off" to 2010

  Microsoft has responded to tonight’s NPD figures, and called it “a great kick off for what is slated to be the biggest – and best – year in Xbox history”.

• Crackdown 2 release tagged for June

  Microsoft’s confirmed it has dated Crackdown 2 for a release in June.

• NPD January 2010: NSMBW tops Mass Effect 2 on software charts

  NPD has released the software figures for January 2010, and it looks like New Super Mario Bros. Wii beat out Mass Effect 2 by around 84K units, with 656.7K units sold. However, you have to take into consideration that Mass Effect 2 was only out for six days in January, so those are still fantastic […]

• NPD January 2010: Wii sells 465K, 360 beats PS3 comfortably

  Wii’s taken the spoils in the hardware charts for the month of January, according to just release NPD figures.