Industry & Sales

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10th Straight Month of Declines for U.S. Games Industry in August 2022 NPD Report Features Wins for Madden NFL & PlayStation 5

MultiVersus Fights to Victory During 9th Straight Month of Sales Declines for U.S. Games Industry in July 2022 NPD Report

Nintendo Announces Switch Lifetime Hardware Sales Pass 110 Million as Revenue & Profit Dip in 1st Quarter 2023

PlayStation 5 Lifetime Shipments Total 21.7 Million As Sony’s Gaming Business Sales & Forecast Decline in First Quarter 2022

Microsoft’s Xbox Sales Reach New Fiscal Year High in 2022 Despite Fourth Quarter Declines in Content & Hardware

Elden Ring Retains Top Spot for Software as Total Spending Declines Again in June 2022 U.S. Games Industry Sales Report

May 2022 U.S. Games Industry Spend Falls to Lowest Monthly Total in Over Two Years Based on Latest NPD Group Report

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Leads U.S. Game Sales & Nintendo Switch Reaches New Milestone in April 2022 NPD Group Report

PlayStation 5 Hits 19.3 Million Lifetime Shipments As Sony Reports Sales Gains & Sets Ambitious Annual Hardware Target

Nintendo’s Annual Results Decline Slightly Amidst Hardware Shortages During The Company’s Best Year Ever for First Party Software Sales

Xbox Hardware Market Share Gain Propels Microsoft Gaming Revenue to Best Non-Holiday Quarter in Company History

Xbox Series X|S & Elden Ring Show Strength in March 2022 During Another Month of U.S. Game Sales Declines

Elden Ring’s Huge February 2022 Debut Isn’t Enough to Offset Fourth Straight Month of Declines for U.S. Game Sales

PlayStation 5 & Pokémon Legends Arceus Headline Third Straight Month of Declines for U.S. Games Industry Sales

Nintendo Switch Ships Over 100M Lifetime Units, Passing Wii & PlayStation During Nintendo’s Best Holiday Quarter Since 2009

PlayStation 5 Shipments Reach 17.3 Million as Sony Reports Best Third Quarter PlayStation Operating Profit Ever & Lowers Hardware Forecast

Xbox’s Best Holiday Sales Result Pushes Microsoft’s Annual Gaming Revenue to Record $16 Billion

Switch, Call of Duty & Mobile Boost U.S. Games Industry Spending to Record $60B in 2021

Seven Major Games Industry Predictions for 2022

U.S. Game Sales Decline Double-Digits in November in Difficult Hardware Supply Environment

U.S. Games Industry Sales Set October Record as Seven New Titles Enter Top 10 List

Nintendo Reduces Annual Switch Target in Mixed Yet Still Impressive Financial Report

PlayStation Records Best 2nd Quarter Sales Ever While Profit Falls Over 20 Percent

Microsoft’s Xbox Division Records Best First Quarter Sales Ever

PlayStation 5 Breaks Nintendo Switch Streak in Record September for U.S. Games Sales

Madden & Mobile Score Big in Record August Report for U.S. Games Industry Sales

Hardware & Zelda Propel U.S. Games Industry Spending to Record High July

Nintendo Reports Second Best First Quarter Results Since 2009

Sony Reports Biggest First Quarter Ever for PlayStation Revenue

Microsoft’s Xbox Division Sets New Annual Sales Record in 2021

Xbox & Ratchet & Clank Set Records in June 2021 U.S. Games Industry Sales Report

The Top 10 Highlights of Gaming’s Biggest Show: E3 2021

Resident Evil Feasts During Upbeat May U.S. Games Industry Sales Report

E3 2021 Preview & Predictions Spectacular

MLB Shows Well in April During Slight Decline in U.S. Games Industry Sales

Switch & Software Sales Milestones Produce Nintendo’s Most Profitable Year Ever

Sony & Microsoft Gaming Division Sales Launch To New Record Highs

Switch & Monster Hunter Give Rise to Record March for U.S. Games Industry

Super February 2021 U.S. Game Sales Boosted by Mario & Switch

Familiar Franchises & New Hardware Lift U.S. Games Industry to a Record January

Seven Major Games Industry Predictions For 2021

Call of Duty & Nintendo Top a Record Year for U.S. Game Sales in 2020

CD Projekt Didn’t Have To Rush Cyberpunk To Meet Fiscal Demands, But Did Anyway

Marvel’s Avengers & Nintendo Assemble at the Top of September’s U.S. Game Sales Charts

Forget Console Wars: Sony & Microsoft Can Both Win Next Generation

Madden Wins & Nintendo Sets a Record in August Games Industry Sales Report

Microsoft Reveals Xbox Series S, Leaks Hint to Series X Price & Release Date

Ghost of Tsushima & Nintendo Power July 2020 U.S. Games Industry Sales

Let’s Count Just How Many Records Video Game Sales Set in April 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Rings in a Rallying of March U.S. Sales Results

Will PlayStation 5 Launch This Year? Sony Thinks So, But What About Me?

Now That We Know Specs, How Much Will PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X Cost?

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Highlights Quiet January U.S. Games Sales Report

Sony, Ubisoft, Activision & Take-Two Earnings Recap: It’s a Numbers Game

New U.S. Video Game Sales Report Reveals the Best Sellers of 2019 & the Decade

Star Wars & Pokémon Shine in the States During November Pre-Holiday Sales Rush

Call of Duty Leads October U.S. Video Game Sales Chart to a Near Record Month

Sony’s PlayStation 4 Becomes Second Best-Selling Home Console of All Time

NBA 2K20 & Borderlands 3 Heat Up the U.S. Video Game Charts in September

Madden NFL 20 Remains Victorious as U.S. Video Game Sales Slow in August

Madden Scores & Fire Emblem Soars in July’s Monthly U.S. Game Sales Report

Sony Should Focus on Internal Investment & Partnerships Over Acquisitions Ahead of Next PlayStation

May 2019: New U.S. Video Game Sales Last Month Were Slowest May in Over Two Decades

Mortal Kombat 11 & Nintendo Switch Kombine to Top April’s U.S. Video Game Sales Report

Sony Reveals Record Gaming Sales But No New PlayStation Release Just Yet

Nintendo Reports Best Results in Nearly a Decade Despite Missing Switch Target

Microsoft’s Annual Gaming Revenue Exceeds $11.6 Billion For The First Time

Can Resident Evil 2 Remake Outsell Its Predecessors?

Earnings Preview: Nintendo’s Last Decade & Why Its Bright Future Starts Now

ESA Report: Essential Facts About Computer & Video Games Industry

Mass Effect: Andromeda Game & Sales Preview

Analysis of Destiny’s Release Timeline, And How Will Rise of Iron Fare?

Which Indie Video Game Has More Sales Potential: Mighty No. 9 or No Man’s Sky?

What is Activision Blizzard’s Actual Business Mix After KING Acquisition?

How Healthy is Nintendo’s Financial Position Ahead of Earnings & NX?

Prediction: Which Console Exclusive Will Sell More: Uncharted 4 or Quantum Break?

What Do New Gaming Console “Iterations” Need to be Successful?

How Much Did The Division Actually Sell Day One?

Gaming Journalists & Crowd-Funding: Cool or Conflict?

Can The Division Replicate Destiny’s Success as a Shared-World Shooter?

Far Cry Primal & The Division Releasing Together Impact Ubisoft Sales?

Can Twitter Break Through Its Plateau & Grow?

Disney Record Results But Market Outlook Negative?