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We’ve brought you Microsoft’s response to The NPD Group’s analysis of videogame sales in the US for December 2011, now let’s turn our attention to what Sony has to say about the PS3’s performance for the month.
According to Sony the “PlayStation 3 closed out a banner 2011 with a bang, showing increases in hardware, software and peripherals year to date.”
Microsoft has issued their response to The NPD Group’s December analysis of videogame sales in the US.
Microsoft, who are happy with their “strong holiday sales,” were quick to point out that the Xbox 360 was the best-selling current-generation console in the US for 2011. According to the publisher the Xbox 360 outsold the second place console by over 2.7 million units.
Now that we know how the videogame industry performed in the US for the month of December, we can turn to see what titles earned a spot in the Top 10 for 2011.
Despite what should have been busy festive season sales, the latest figures from sales tracking firm The NPD Group show that retail sales over December 2011 in the US dropped by 21% to $3.99 billion from $5.07 billion in December 2010.
Even more alarming was that hardware sales declined by 28% to $1.32 billion while accessories fell 27% to $628.7 million. Software sales suffered the least, recording a 14% drop to $2.04 billion.
The NPD Group recently released its monthly report on sales in the US videogame industry with news of Xbox 360 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 domination in November 2011 during a month where overall sales were flat, year-over-year.
As is customary, the hardware powerhouses in gaming (namely Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft) released statements of their own in order to put NPD’s sales figures into perspective, while Ubisoft also chimed in.
What did the big three have to say about their respective US market performances during November 2011? What has Ubisoft got to say for itself? Let’s find out:
Sales tracking firm The NPD Group has just released its latest report concerning the US videogame industry, this time for the month of November 2011, revealing sales across hardware, software and accessory market segments to be flat year-over-year as revenue rose just 0.4% to roughly $3 billion compared to $2.99 billion in November 2010.
Following the release of NPD’s October sales report for the US videogame industry, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have submitted their responses to the facts and figures, each with something positive to chat about.
What did the big three have to say about their respective US market performances during October 2011? Let’s find out:
Sales tracking firm The NPD Group recently released its latest report on the US videogame industry, this time for the month of October 2011, revealing an overall sales increase of just 1% across videogame hardware, software and accessory sales in the region, up to $1.08 billion compared to $1.07 billion in October 2010.
Both hardware and software sales saw revenue increases as compared to the same reporting period last year, but accessories dropped by 5%.
The NPD Group has just released its monthly report for the performance of the US videogame industry. Since then Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have each responded to the market performance of their consoles and games during the month of September 2011, which we’ve taken a closer look at below.
Sales tracking and research firm The NPD Group recently released its latest monthly report regarding the performance of the US videogame industry, this time for the month of September 2011. The report shows that sales across all segments of the market were down 6% compared to the 2010 results of September, with hardware, software and accessories racking up $1.16B in revenue.
The latest NPD report has been released, revealing overall and individual sales performances in the US videogame industry for the month of August. Xbox 360 sales trumped market performances by both Sony and Nintendo’s consoles, but what do the big three publishers have to say about their own sales results during the month of August?
Sales tracking and research firm The NPD Group recently released its latest monthly report regarding the performance of the US videogame industry, this time for the month of August 2011, revealing that sales across all segments of the market (hardware, software and accessories) were down compared to August 2010, with overall sales dropping by a whopping 23% to $669.9 million in revenue.
Following the release of the latest US videogame industry sales report by The NPD Group, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have each responded to the market performance of their consoles and games for the month of June 2011, with Microsoft having the most reasons to celebrate:
Sales tracking and research firm The NPD Group recently released its report on US videogame sales for the month of June 2011, revealing revenues of $1.03 billion for the industry across software, hardware and accessories categories – a ten percent drop in sales compared to June 2010 when revenues of $1.15 billion were recorded.
The NPD results for May are out and Microsoft has already issued a response to bask in the glory of their victory.
We’re talking about the Xbox 360 being the top-selling console in the US last month with 270 000 units sold.
According to the Official Microsoft Blog Xbox 360 console sales were up 39% year-on-year during May, “the largest growth of any current generation console on the market.” May was also the 17th month of year-on-year hardware sales increases.
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