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NPD's Top Best-Selling Games

June 10, 2008 - The NPD has released its top 10 best-selling PC games list for the week of May 25 to 31. Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures continues to hold its first place spot for two straight weeks. The MMORPG made its impressive debut on the NPD sales charts last week. BioWare's Mass Effect action RPG, released May 27, makes its first appearance on the list and grabs the second spot. While certain games have shifted positions on the list, the real noteworthy change is the fact that Crytek's Crysis FPS once again slips out of the top 10 while Stardock's Sins of a Solar Empire strategy game reappears on the list at number 9.

NPD Group: devices such as digital music players, cell phones play increasingly important roles in c

imageSince 2005, portable digital music players (PDMP), digital cameras and cell phones experienced double-digit growth in kids’ personal ownership, while devices such as portable CD players saw double-digit declines over the same time period, according to Kids and Consumer Electronics IV, the most recent report from The NPD Group market research company.

Analyst, NPD data suggest solid Mac, iPod sales this spring

Although Apple had a great second quarter, many analysts were apprehensive about just what the third quarter would bring in terms of iPod and Mac sales. But based on preliminary reports for the third quarter, it seems that much of the worrying was unfounded. Apple Insider has coverage of analyst Ben Reitzes' (who's now with Lehman Brothers) recent research note, in which he looks at recent NPD Group data suggesting that Mac and iPod sales in April were strong.

Piper Jaffray Said Early NPD Data Suggests 10.5-11M Apple (AAPL) iPod Units in June Qtr

Piper Jaffray comments on Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), saying the first month of NPD data suggests 10.5-11 million iPod units in the June quarter.

What Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo don't get

Too simple? After seeing yesterday's NPD numbers and hearing about them from all the companies, each has their own spin on what went down last month. Nintendo (rightfully so) chose to gloat about how well the Wii is selling. According to NPD, the Wii outsold the 360, PS3, PS2, and PSP during April. Even better for the company, it held the number two spot in hardware sales with its DS platform.

Phone sales decline, BlackBerry makes gains

A failing economy is beginning to have serious impact on the US cellphone market, says the NPD Group. For the first time since it began recording such figures, NPD writes that sales dropped in the first quarter of 2008 to 31 million, a decline of 22 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago. There has also been a substantial shift in marketshare, with Chicago-based Motorola continuing to dominate other companies, but slipping from a control of 35 percent to 27.

Economy Not Hurting Video Games

Video game sales in the US were up 31% through April over 2007, according to NPD Group. "Grand Theft Auto IV," which made $500 million in its opening week, was not released until April 29. NPD said the video game industry now takes in $18 billion annually.

NPD Says Consumer Electronics Sales Rebounding

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NPD: Wii Wins Another Month

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NPD Number Crunch: GTA IV, Mario Kart Wii hit million seller milestone in April '08

Industry sales were slightly down during April, despite the presence of three million selling titles on the console software charts

NPD: GTA IV Carjacks $1.23 bln April

Grand Theft Auto IV expectedly drove software sales significantly in April, with total industry monthly sales surpassing $1 billion in the U.S. for another month.

April NPD: Nintendo Unfazed By Competition

Nintendo sold 714k Wiis in the month that GTA IV launched and Mario Kart Wii sold 1.15 million units for second place. Nintendo claimed six of the top ten software titles, eleven of the top twenty.

NEWS April NPD: Nintendo Unfazed By...

Nintendo sold 714k Wiis in the month that GTA IV launched and Mario Kart Wii sold 1.12 million units for second place. Nintendo claimed six of the top ten software titles, eleven of the top twenty.

April 2008 NPD Sony's Take

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April 2008 NPD Microsoft's Take

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Xbox 360 May NPD Numbers

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Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo Spin Latest NPD Sales Figures

Video game makers mostly climb after NPD Group says sales grew 37% in May

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GTA Stays On Top In May NPD, PS3 Pulls Ahead of 360

US videogame sales up 37 per cent in May: NPD

SAN FRANCISCO -- US sales of video game hardware and software were $US1.12 billion in May, up 37 per cent from a year earlier, with Take-Two Interactive Software Corp's

Sales of Nintendo Wii Exceed Sales of PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Combined in the U.S. - NPD.

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U.S. consumer awareness about the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format is rising, but adoption of the technology still faces challenges, according to The NPD Group research firm.

Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but it could be years before Hollywood studios and manufacturers claim victory over the standard DVD.

Analysts Expect GTA IV Hardware Lift in May

NPD’s April videogame sales data didn’t show the rise in PS3 and Xbox 360 sales that some commentators had predicted GTA IV would drive, but a hardware sales boost may well be evident in May, according to a number of analysts.

Nintendo Wii outsells 360, PS3, PS2, PSP combined in April

The NPD console sales numbers have been released for April, stuffed with fascinating content. How did the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Grand Theft Auto stack up against each other? Did Mario Kart Wii sell as many copies as expected? Will Nintendo continue its winning streak?

Wii outsells all non-Nintendo systems combined in April

According to NPD data released Thursday, Nintendo sold an incredible 714,000 Wiis last month, in what is typically a slower spring season. The impressive figure is more than all other non-Nintendo platforms combined, including Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, and PSP.

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