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Games slaes down, hardware sales up says survey report

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Seems to be a tough time for the . A slaes slump is plaguing the industry these days.

According to data, in July the video games sales and consoles were off 1% and this has happened in the fourth month in a row. The sales in dropped.

The sales of 3 from and that of of increased, but the sales of ’s games fell reveals market research firm NPD Group Inc.

Analyst with Webush Securities Michael Pachter said, “ is responsible for all of the annual decline… owners are buying fewer games per capita than people who own the other two consoles.”

The group also reports that the hardware sales are up. Ther has been a 12% jump in the sales of console in the month of July where as the sales of game fell 8%.

NPD’s game analyst Anita frazier said, “It’s the first time since September 2007, when launched Halo 3, that the 360 was the top-selling hardware platform.”

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Nintendo DS leads in UK market

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

became the best selling games console in the history of UK says new research.

The research figures released by market research company GfK Chart-Track revealed that a little more than 10 million machines, and its successors the and , had been sold till now in the English market. It beats the previous bestseller 2 of . has been on sale for about a decade.

The success of is due to the broad appeal of its family-friendly titles.
titles are among the biggest selling games on . In this game the players are required to solve maths and also reasoning puzzles, and , in which people create and take care of virtual pets.

According to experts the simplicity of is the key of success. It has only few buttons and it is in fact mainly controlled by poking and writing on a touchscreen with the help of a stylus. It is also appealing to those who are playing video games for the first time.

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DS the best sold gaming console

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

It seems that is still interested in handhelds and in Sports Resort. The chart shows that the is the best sold gaming console. Through the chart it also seems that the made game still leads the software charts with a very good margin.

46,855 units of was sold in one week and its only rival, the Portable from , took the second place with sales figure of 32,849 units. The is at 7,500 units in one week.

In the home gaming console the sold close to 25,000 units and it was on the top. It is more than the and the managed to sell together.

The big news is from the software charts in which Sports Resort sold more 155,000 copies in the second week of its shelf life. The overall sale of it is more than half a million units.

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Nintendo systems accounted for 58.4%

Friday, April 17th, 2009

The home console of and also the portable system comfortably led the U.S. sales last month. Giving a closer look to the data received from the independent NPD Group Pokémon Platinum Version for has been the No. 2 in March. Nearly 805,000 units of this game has been sold. NPD Group tracks sales in the .

The tallied sales of about 601,000 last month where as sold over half a million, even in advance of the April 5 launch of the new system. Both the game extended their lead as the best-selling systems of the present generation.

Cammie Dunaway, vice president (Sales & Marketing) of of America said, “ systems accounted for 58.4% of the hardware sold in March, more than all other systems combined.” He also added that consumers continue to be attracted to the great value of systems.

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DS platform again tops Japanese sales

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

It is again good news for . ’s once again tops the hardware sales of . This is revealed from the data provided by Media Create. The data is for the week ended February 1.

The latest iteration on the touch screen handheld shifted more than 55 thousand units. It was 55,613 units. When it was combined with the sales of 15,147 then the total rose to 70,760 units.

The unique Portable of was only 44,135 units sold. The took the lead in home console market. It sold 23,278 units.

did a balancing act. It maintained a lead over the of in the region. It’s sales was 17,405. Its rival was at 8107.

2 sold 5334 units.

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