December 2009 NPD Report: Nintendo wins big in weak economy
Sales not as great as 2008 but who’s complaining?
Wii’s 2D Mario outing beats 3D Mario sales, already
“Wait-a-minute, so I-a-didn’t need to go to-a-space? Mama mia!”
Wii Play becomes biggest selling US title, ever
The Wii Remote pack-in title doesn’t become a US best seller, it becomes “the” US best seller.
Wii Fit edges out individual Street Fighter SKUs in February NPD report
February’s figures for the US are in, and according to the NPD Group, total industry sales for the year so far are up 11%. February [...]
Consumers burn off holiday fat with Wii Fit
The gaming industry continues to grow, as the numbers provided from the NPD group for January sales reflect nothing but positives. Total industry sales jumped [...]
December NPD report shows record sales despite weak economy
…and they’re in! December’s NPD data for US sales as well as the 2008 totals are listed after the break for your amazement. Despite downturns [...]
What recession? Wii sales exceed 2 mil in November
After hearing so much about how this was going to be the weakest holiday season in terms of sales, we’d be happy at the fact [...]
Wii leads US sales during October
On track to make in excess of $22 billion this year alone, the video game industry topped $1.3 billion during the month of October. A [...]
Nintendo toots its horn: September edition
With the September good and out of the way, Nintendo has already issued their response to the NPD figures from last month. You can read [...]
NPD Group: September 2008 sales and figures
September was all about unleashing the Force. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed had moved 1.5 million copies in the United States by September 23rd, and [...]
NPD Group: August 2008 sales and figures
It’s football season! That means: another year’s worth of Madden games. Madden NFL 09 accounted for 2.3 million games sold in the United States last [...]
Nintendo responds to July NPD numbers
As usual, Nintendo execs are patting themselves on the back for a job well done last month. According to their spin, the Wii accounted for [...]
NPD Group: July 2008 sales and figures
Uh oh! It’s that time of the month again… NPD reports! The Wii, having a knack for symmetry, sold 555k units in the United States [...]
Wii install base surpasses Xbox 360 in the US
So after Nintendo sent the first of my two E3 notice text messages by announcing Wii MotionPlus on Monday, I’m pretty sure our entire E3 [...]
NPD Group: June sales and figures
The Wii once again came just short of selling 700k units in the United States for June – a great problem to have. The DS [...]
