NPD Group
The NPD Group is a market research company which tracks US video game hardware and software sales.
NPD Group News
Last of Us 2 is Sony’s ‘biggest digital launch with 2.8 million sales in June’
While Valorant reportedly broke launch records for a free-to-play PC game
The Last of Us Part 2 is Sony’s second-biggest US launch ever
Game falls short of Spider-Man’s record, having spent less time on the market
2020 UK Nintendo Switch sales have more than doubled compared to last year
Hardware sales surged during lockdown, VGC understands
Switch achieves all-time record US dollar sales for Jan-Apr period
While Final Fantasy 7 Remake led software sales in April
Games bosses climb list of UK’s wealthiest people
Most games entrepreneurs on Times Rich List saw wealth grow
US game spending reached a record high in Q1 2020
Consumer spend topped $10.8 billion, according to NPD
Animal Crossing ‘had the most monthly digital console game sales in history’
SuperData suggests New Horizons sold five million digital copies in March
Animal Crossing’s US launch sales were the third biggest of any Nintendo game
While Switch set March record, according to NPD
Call of Duty 2020 is reportedly ‘a gritty Black Ops reboot’
Sledgehammer also said to be making a free-to-play CoD for release in 2021
CD Projekt’s market valuation hits $8 billion
Value has risen 17% in the past two months alone