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The NPD Group is a market research company which tracks US video game hardware and software sales.
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Tickets are on sale now for VGC Live in Glasgow
VGC takes to the stage for the first time ever at one of Glasgow's most historic venues

Hardware sales and physical game spending in the US just had the worst November in 30 years
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was the best-selling game of the month, while PS5 was the top-selling console

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More than 40% of all US PS5 and Xbox play time last month was spent on 10 live service games
Players are trying fewer new games because of live services, analyst says

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US physical game spend ‘has halved since 2021’
Boxed game spend is down more than 85% since its peak in 2008, according to Circana data

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Nintendo Switch 2 to sell 4.3 million units in the US in 2025, analyst forecasts
Circana expects PS5 to outsell Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025

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Nintendo Switch and EA Sports College Football 25 hit huge US sales milestones
Switch tops PS2 and EA Sports College Football 25 becomes the best-selling sports game ever

EA Sports FC 25 enjoys record launch to top US chart ahead of Astro Bot
EA's game achieves the highest launch month dollar sales of any football (soccer) game

Ghost of Tsushima and PS5 topped the US sales chart in May
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was the top-performing brand-new release

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Stellar Blade and PS5 topped the US sales chart in April
Xbox’s Sea of Thieves charted at No.4 following its PS5 release

Helldivers 2 already ranks 7th in lifetime US dollar sales for Sony published games
While Dragon’s Dogma 2’s sales surpassed those of the original in its first month of availability

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Hogwarts Legacy is the first non-CoD or Rockstar game to top US sales in 15 years
While PS5 led hardware sales last year