Posts Tagged ‘ Sales ’

US January Video Game Sales Plummet, PS3 Sales Up They’re up, they’re down, they’re pretty much all around, that’s the takeaway from NPD’s January retail video game sales data. If the last few months have seemed a bit rollercoaster-y, count January as one of the steeper dips, plunging 13 percent in combined hardware, software,...
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US Video Game Sales Plummet in January, PS3 Sales Up New Super Mario Bros Wii topped Mass Effect 2 in January game sales, while only the Xbox 360 and PS3 saw year-over-year console unit growth. Read more on PC World
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Video Game Sales Slide in January Nintendo leads a sluggish January for video game sales in the U.S., which are down 13 percent compared with the same period last year. Read more on eWeek
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EA’s just revealed its financial figures from the Q3 Christmas 2007 period (October-December), which shows the company making a whole lot more revenue than ever before. When you break down the figures for handheld games, Nintendo DS was by far the most impressive performer, with sales up 122 per cent from $55...
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Video Game Outlook Dour as Sales Tank Video game sales tank 13% in January. Read more on TheStreet.com
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The NPD Group provided a reminder this week that market growth is not guaranteed. The gaming industry in the US ended the year (2007) with record retail sales of nearly $18 billion. This week The NPD Group the industry-research firm released US retail sales data for the January 2008 period. While software...
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US video game sales decline in January; ‘New Super Mario,’ ‘Mass Effect 2′ top games NEW YORK – U.S. video game retail sales declined 13 percent in January, another down month for the industry after closing out a rough 2009. In all, Americans spent nearly $1.2 billion on video game systems, software and accessories...
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Analysts: January Sales Slump ‘Disconcerting’, Wii Supply To Blame? NPD results for January fell far below analyst expectations — although most had widely forecast a single-digit decline, weakened software sales led to a 13 percent year over year overall slump. “It seems that monthly software sales declines will never end, with January marking the...
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Summary Box: January video game sales down 13 pct THE GAMES: Video game software sales dropped 12 percent in January, to $597.9 million when compared with a year earlier. “New Super Mario. Bros.” from Nintendo and “Mass Effect 2″ from Electronic Arts were No. 1 and 2 sellers. Read more on AP via Yahoo!...
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Sony reports profit, despite decline in PS2 & PSP sales Sony still expects a 30 billion yen ($330 million USD) loss for the year, but this quarter went better than expected thanks to revenues from Sony’s non-gaming departments. Sales of PlayStation 2s and PlayStation Portables are down, but the company expects to sell 13...
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Wii Sports Resort is the number one game in the UK for the second week in a row, as sales rose 6 percent from its debut week; Wii Fit jumps back up to the number two spot, Chart-Track said Monday. Wii Sports Resort captured the top spot in the UK for the second...
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