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NPD and IRI rebrand to Circana | News-in-brief
The news comes nearly a year after the market-tracking firms announced their merger
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US game spending down 5% to $4.3bn in January, says NPD | US monthly charts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 topped the sales chart while EA's Dead Space debuted as number 2
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NPD: US game spending dipped 5% to $57bn in 2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the best-selling title of the year, while the Nintendo Switch led consoles sales by units sold
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PS5 and Modern Warfare 2 help drive November spending to $6.3 billion | US Monthly Charts
Call of Duty is now the biggest selling game of the year, but overall software spending was down on 2021
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US spending down 4% despite FIFA 23, NBA 2K23, Splatoon 3 launches | US Monthly Charts
Hardware was the only segment that saw growth, driven by the PlayStation 5
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Madden, Saints Row fails to prevent August revenues dipping 5% to $4.10 billion | US Monthly Charts
But NPD Group says total spending on video games is still ahead of August 2020
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US gaming revenue fell 9% to $4.2bn during July, says NPD
MultiVersus debuts at no. 1 on the sales chart as Elden Ring came in second and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was the third best-selling game
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Games spending down 10% to $26.3bn in H1 2022 | US monthly charts
Sales were down 11% to $4.3 billion in June
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US spending on games to drop 8.7% this year, says NPD
Interest in going out and doing things, higher food and fuel prices cited as factors in research group's expectations; Elden Ring predicted to top full-year sales charts
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April spending down 8% despite strong hardware sales | US monthly charts
Accessories sales were down 10% year-on-year, while hardware saw a 16% growth
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March spend down 15% to $4.9 billion, Q1 down 8% to $13.9 billion | US Monthly Charts
Elden Ring remains the best-selling game of the year so far, fending off eight new releases last Month
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NPD merging with IRI
Union of retail-tracking data companies expected to close in back half of the year
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NPD: 228.7m mobile game players were active in 2021 across the US and Canada
2022 Mobile Gaming Report also says that the figure represents a decline of 4% when compared to the year of 2020
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US game spending down 2% to $4.7bn in January, says NPD | US monthly charts
Pokémon Legends: Arceus debuts as no.1 on the sales chart followed by Call of Duty: Vanguard and Monster Hunter Rise
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2021 sets record for US games spending at $60.4bn | US Annual Report
Call of Duty: Vanguard was the best-selling title of the year, while the Nintendo Switch remains the top console
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November spending down 10% compared to 2020 | US monthly charts
Hardware sales were at their lowest for a November since 2016, but Switch is still on a high
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US game spending up 3% to $4.4bn in September, says NPD
PS5 ends Nintendo Switch's 33-month run as top game console in units sold
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April ends 13 months of US games growth | US Monthly Charts
Nintendo's Switch led the way in unit and dollar sales for April but overall spending dipped 2%
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US game sales up 30% during Q1 2021 | US Quarterly Report
Consumer spending on gaming reached $14.92 billion from January to March 2021, NPD Group reports
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PC gaming hardware and accessories spending grew 62% in the US in 2020
PC gaming accessories in particular rose 81% in 2020
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2020 sees record US games spending at $56.9bn | US Annual Report
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was the best-selling game of the year, while the Nintendo Switch was the No.1 platform
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US games spending breaks November records at $7bn
PlayStation 5 achieves biggest launch in US history, but Switch sold most units last month
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Survey finds gaming by Americans over 45 has spiked in 2020
NPD report says spending on games rose more than 70% for adults between 45 and 64 this year
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NPD says US consumers spent a record amount on games in Q3
$11.2 billion total for July-September span is up 24% on last year; market research firm expects Q4 to set records as well
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Analyst predicts Switch will outsell PS5, Xbox Series X/S this Christmas
NPD's Mat Piscatella also says US games spending could be on course for a record year at over $50 billion