Posts Tagged ‘NPD’

SCEA Reveals December NPD Highlights for PlayStation
Thursday, January 14th, 2010

SCEA have just released an NPD preview of PlayStation related products including hardware and software for both the PS3 and PSP. For full NPD results, click here. Check out the preview after the jump…

Ratchet and Clank Sales Need More Grease
Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Among the titles of 2009, Insomniac Game’s Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time was one of the most anticipated. The title was the finale of the Future trilogy, coming after Tools of Destruction and Quest for Booty. However, as anticipated as the title was by Sony fans, A Crack in Time failed to [...]

November NPD Results Revealed
Friday, December 11th, 2009

The November 2009 NPD Numbers have been released. For ill informed readers, the NPD Group is the leading independent video game research firm, that monitors and tracks video game hardware and software sales in North America.

Pachter Predicts PS3 to Top 360 in NPDs
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

November is one of the biggest months in terms of shopping, especially due to Black Friday which officially kicks off the holiday shopping season. Because of this, the gaming industry is focused on the upcoming Novembers NPD sales data which will clear up exactly which console sold the best.

October NPD Numbers Revealed
Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The November 2009 NPD Numbers have been released. For ill informed readers, the NPD Group is the leading independent video game research firm, that monitors and tracks video game hardware and software sales in North America.

September NPD Numbers Revealed
Monday, October 19th, 2009

The September 2009 NPD Numbers have been released. For ill informed readers, the NPD Group is the leading independent video game research firm, that monitors and tracks video game hardware and software sales in North America.

Microsoft Admits Defeat in September Sales
Monday, October 19th, 2009

Ever since Sony announced the PS3 slim back in August at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, the console manufacturer and consumer electronics giant has been on quite a roll. Following the release of the announced slimmer, lighter version of the PS3, came the PSPgo launch, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves releasing to much acclaim. It seems [...]

August 2009 NPD Numbers Revealed
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The August NPD Numbers have been released. The NPD Group is the leading independent video game research firm, that monitors and tracks video game hardware and software sales in North America. PS3 was the only platform to show year over year growth in sales.

July NPD Numbers Revealed
Thursday, August 13th, 2009

The July NPD Numbers have been released. For ill informed readers, the NPD Group is the leading independent video game research firm, that monitors and tracks video game hardware and software sales in North America.

Sony Unaffected by June NPD Numbers
Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Sony’s Patrick Seybold, Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media for SCEA, has responded to the June NPD that released earlier tonight. In his response, he claims that, “PlayStation is delivering an unmatched caliber of content for the back half of the year” and he is confident that the PlayStation brand is, “on pace [...]

inFamous Shocks NPD Numbers
Friday, June 12th, 2009

The NPD numbers for the month of May, have been released. Can you guess which PS3 exclusive made it into the top 5?

InFamous Bests Original PS3 Exclusives Sales
Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Sony‘s latest original and exclusive IP has out done all others before it.  Sucker Punch’s open world karma based game has managed to rake in sales of 176,000 units in it’s first week!  While this may seem like small potatoes original IPs generally don’t do well until they release a sequel.

Movie-based Games Take a Nosedive
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

[shal]NPD[/shal] group states that even though movie tie-ins are a typically reliable source of revenue for publishers, both Europe and North America have seen a significant sales decline in this area. And surprisingly enough, the box office boom has done little to help games based off popular films.

Sony Ignores PS3′s Sales Stumble
Friday, May 15th, 2009

For the month of April, Sony’s PS3 only sold 127,000 units for North America. Sony ignored the poor performance completely by just concentrating in the future of PS3. Here’s what Patrick Seybold, Sony’s US comms boss said in regards to the NPD report:

Sony’s Patrick Seybold Questions Microsoft’s Numbers
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Last week, Gamasutra published parts of a conversation between their editorial staff, and Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg.  Greenberg talked about Microsoft’s latest NPD figures, as well as outright bashing Sony’s business model, by saying it was “hemorrhaging at retail”. To this Patrick Seybold, Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media for SCEA, responded via his twitter [...]