Alongside June’s software sales charts, the NPD group revealed some interesting information regarding the sales of hardware over the same period in the United States. For the first month since February, and since the pandemic really started to become a problem, console sales have dropped. The group reports that when compared to sales in June
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It’s that time of the month again when the NPD group reveal the list of top selling games of the previous month, and shocking nobody, this month it’s topped by Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II. This list, which covers US sales only, looks at both physical and digital sales on PC and
Considering just how well we already knew that Final Fantasy VII Remake did in terms of sales after Square Enix announced that the game had shipped 3.5 million copies in only three days, it should come as no surprise that the long-awaited action RPG also did fantastically in the newest monthly NPD charts. The sales totals
With last month’s sparse release lineup, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare returns to the top of the United States NPD Charts in February 2020. According to the sales data from the NPD Group, last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game in the United States for February 2020. It was followed by
It’s no secret that Marvel’s Spider-Man from Insomniac Games has been a massive success both critically and commercially. We know the game topped PS4 charts as well as NPD sales data in September and today we learned it broke yet another record. According to NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella on Twitter, Marvel’s Spider-Man is now the fastest
Console exclusives, which are usually first-party nowadays, have always been a hallmark of the gaming industry and are often some of the games hardcore fans look forward too most. This year has seen some standout exclusives including God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and Forza Horizon 4, all of which received critical acclaim and sold well.
Like it or not, software sales are often one of the strongest metrics to measure a game’s success. While we can bandy on about Metacritic scores and how it feels to play a particular game, developers and publishers alike must always keep one vigilant eye on their sales figures. After all, passion alone doesn’t keep
Today NPD Analyst Mat Piscatella released a new blog post making his prediction for the US market in the holiday season 2018, and for the whole year. According to Piscatella, it’ll be a very tight race for games, but Red Dead Redemption 2 will be the best-selling game (in dollar sales) of both the fourth quarter
The Nintendo Switch is certainly doing very well, and NPD Analyst Mat Piscatella expects it to be very successful next year as well, especially if Nintendo manages to launch the new Pokémon game that Nintendo teased earlier this year. Piscatella gave his insight on the Resetera forum mentioning that the Switch is “on pace to
The NPD is seen as one of the most authoritative sources of statistics for video games in the United States, and its dedicated Analyst Mat Piscatella had some interesting insight to share on the Resetera forums. Firstly, Piscatella mentioned that the winner for hardware in the month of November is a coin flip situation. “It could