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NPD: Nearly a third of all smartphone sales in the US are prepaid
- New data from market researcher NPD shows sales of prepaid smartphones are increasing at a rapid pace. Smartphone sales overall shot up 42 percent in the first quarter compared to the same time last year with 36 percent of the…
Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals
- A quarterly report from industry analyst IDC indicates that PC shipments have been unusually soft. According to the group, PC sales dipped 6.4 percent in Q4 2012 when compared to the same period last year. Additionally, Q4 led to a 4.5…
Average display size continues to rise on almost all electronics
- A new study from NPD DisplaySeach reveals that the average display size on most electronic devices is on the rise. Desktop monitors, television sets, portable media players and even public displays have all experienced a healthy gain over the past…
NPD survey: 40 percent of freemium gamers pay for in-game content
- According to the NPD Group, for every five gamers in the U.S. who play freemium games, two of those individuals will purchase in-game content. Freemium, which also falls into the category of F2P or free-to-play, is a sales model where…
Consumer tech generated $144 billion in 2011, Apple was the top brand
- Consumer electronics sales fell half a percent in 2011, generating $144 billion, NPD reports. Computers, televisions, tablets/e-readers, mobile phones and video game hardware commanded nearly 60% of those sales. Notebooks and desktops alone represented $28 billion (almost 20%), a decrease…
73 million tablets sold in 2011, 300 PPI displays to catch on
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According to DisplaySearch, an arm of the analytics firm NPD, netbooks will fade away while tablets and laptops shall continue to gain mobile PC market share until 2017. Tablets, in particular, are expected to continue their rapid growth. The firm's analysis of the "mobile PC" market...
US consumers spent $4.5 billion on gaming in second quarter
- US consumers spent $4.5 billion on video game hardware, downloadable content and accessories during the second quarter of 2011. The figure represents a 1 percent gain from the same time period a year ago, however spending on such items in…
NPD: Xbox 360 maintains its sales lead in August
- Microsoft maintained its lead over the competition in August, outpacing both Nintendo and Sony in the console war. NPD's latest round of statistics show that Redmond shipped 356,700 Xbox 360s in the US last month, leaving the Wii and PlayStation…
NPD: StarCraft II far outsells console games in July
- NPD has released a fresh batch game rankings for you stat trackers out there, with the industry as a whole remaining flat at $847 million year-over-year in July. The Xbox 360 pulled ahead to take the top sales position for…
NPD: 48% of PC games sold in 2009 were downloads
- NPD is often bashed for omitting digital game sales in its monthly industry statistics, and it appears that criticism was taken to heart as the firm has released new report focused on game downloads. We all knew the digital scene…
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