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Microsoft sells 130,000 Xbox 360 units in April in the US

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:57:59 +0100

Microsoft has announced that it sold 130,000 units of its Xbox 360 console in the US during April 2013 and that the console outsold all other game consoles in the US for the 28th consecutive month. Read more...

Xbox 360 top selling US console for 26th consecutive month

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:01:59 +0000

Microsoft announced that it sold 302,000 units of the Xbox 360 game console in February 2013 in the US. Those numbers were more than any other current generation console for the 26th straight month. Read more...

Nintendo Wii U sales bomb in US; good or bad news for Microsoft?

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:23:21 +0000

Nintendo's new "next generation" Wii U console has reportedly hit a massive cliff in terms of sales, with a report claiming that just 57,000 units were sold in the US in January 2013. Read more...

Xbox 360 top selling console for 25th consecutive month

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:03:57 +0000

Microsoft announced that it sold 281,000 units of its Xbox 360 game console in January 2013, and those number were more than any other current generation game console. Read more...

1.4 million Xbox 360s sold in US during December

John Callaham — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:42:45 +0000

Microsoft sold 1.4 million units of its Xbox 360 console in the US during the month of December 2012, according to the NPD Group, but that's lower than the 1.7 million units it sold a year ago. Read more...

NPD: US Windows holiday 2012 notebook sales down 11 percent

John Callaham — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:37:24 +0000

The NPD Group said today during the five week holiday period between November 18 and December 22, 2012, overall US Windows notebook unit sales were down 11 percent, despite the launch of Windows 8. Read more...

NPD: 'Windows 8 Gets Off To a Slow Start'

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:39:34 +0000

The well known retail research firm NPD Group has posted up a new press release proclaiming, "Windows 8 Gets Off To a Slow Start", stating that the OS has "captured just over half" of Windows sales. Read more...

Xbox 360 tops US console sales once again in August

John Callaham — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:48:00 +0100

Microsoft says it sold 193,000 units of its Xbox 360 game console in August 2012 in the US, more than any other console. However, overall retail game sales continue to drop compared to 2011. Read more...

Xbox 360 tops US game console sales again in July 2012

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:48:00 +0100

Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console was once again the best selling game console in the US in July 2012 with 203,000 units sold, although that's down from 277,000 units sold in July 2011. Read more...

Diablo III is May's number one best selling US retail game

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:10:00 +0100

Blizzard's action-RPG Diablo III was the best selling retail game in May 2012, according to new information from the NPD Group. However, overall retail game sales were down 28 percent. Read more...

April 2012 US retail game sales down 32 percent

John Callaham — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:06:43 +0100

The retail sales of games in April 2012 were down a massive 32 percent compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from the NPD Group. Prototype 2 was the month's best selling game. Read more...

Survey: 4 out of 10 free-to-play gamers pay for in-game content

John Callaham — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:10:58 +0100

A new survey from the NPD Group claims that four out of 10 people that play free-to-play, or freemium, games decide to pay for some kind of in-game content or expansion. Read more...

Xbox 360 sells 270,000 units in January 2012 in US

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:19:37 +0000

Microsoft announced today that the Xbox 360 was once again the best selling game console in the US, selling 270,000 units during January 2012 and with total Xbox 360 revenues of $301 million. Read more...

Microsoft sells over 1.7 million Xbox 360s in Dec. 2011 in US

John Callaham — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:26:15 +0000

Microsoft announced that it sold over 1.7 million Xbox 360 consoles in the US in December 2011. For the entire year of 2011, Microsoft outsold the second place console by more than 2.7 million units. Read more...

US holiday 2011 electronics sales down 5.9 percent

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:41:33 +0000

A new study by the NPD Group says that sales of electronic products in the US fell 5.9 percent in the five weeks that ended on December 24, as older devices fell drastically. Read more...

Report: Only 1.2 million non-iPad tablets sold in 2011 in US

John Callaham — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:22:55 +0000

A new report from the NPD Group claims that so far in 2011, only 1.2 million tablet devices not made by Apple have been sold, showing that the rest of the tablet industry is well behind the iPad. Read more...

Microsoft sells 438,000 Xbox 360 units in September 2011

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:23:32 +0100

Microsoft announced that it has sold 438,000 units of its Xbox 360 game console in the US during September 2011. It was the seventh straight month that the Xbox 360 lead sales of console hardware. Read more...

Report: $4.5 billion in US games revenue in Q2 2011

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:35:00 +0100

A new report from the NPD Group says that the United States generated $4.5 billion in revenue in the game industry during the second quarter of 2011. Read more...

44% of smartphone owners are considering Windows Phone 7

John Callaham — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:15:54 +0100

A new study from the NPD Group says that while Google's Android may be the most popular mobile operating system, 44 percent of users are considering getting a Windows Phone 7 device. Read more...

Microsoft releases August Xbox 360 sales info

John Callaham — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:37:27 +0100

Microsoft released more specific sales info from the NPD Group about Xbox 360 hardware and software sales for the month of August 2011, showing that the game console continues to sell well in the US. Read more...