Gaming Tech Culture Many game developers are not embracing a subscription future, unless you ask Ubisoft or Microsoft, of course Baldur's Gate 3 developer expresses concern over a subscription-dominated future By Daniel Sims, January 17, 2024, 5:06 PM 34 comments
Gaming Industry US consumers spent almost $2 billion less on video games last quarter compared to 2021 The post-lockdown effect By Rob Thubron, August 2, 2022, 9:55 AM 15 comments
Gaming Half the top ten most-played games of 2022 (so far) weren't released this decade See where Elden Ring placed By Rob Thubron, May 25, 2022, 6:15 AM 20 comments
Industry Gaming PlayStation 5 breaks launch record for any console in US history Holiday gaming hardware sales up 58 percent over November 2019 By Cal Jeffrey, December 13, 2020, 2:19 PM 15 comments
Gaming Final Fantasy VII Remake led record-setting month for video games The best launch month ever for a Final Fantasy game By Shawn Knight, May 23, 2020, 12:31 PM 7 comments
Industry Hardware Sales of laptops, desktops, and peripherals surge as more people work from home Several products saw sales increase over 100% By Rob Thubron, April 7, 2020, 5:20 AM
Industry Gaming Gaming hardware, software spending falls again as consumers wait for next-gen consoles February was a slow month for game releases By Rob Thubron, March 13, 2020, 10:39 AM 17 comments
Industry Current-gen console sales take a hammering as PS5 and Xbox Series X approach Dropping their price would probably help By Rob Thubron, February 17, 2020, 7:47 AM 8 comments
Gaming Industry Ten Call of Duty games make decade's best-sellers list, but GTA V takes top spot People certainly love CoD By Rob Thubron, January 17, 2020, 5:20 AM
Gaming Industry NPD October report: Outer Worlds performing well, Call of Duty best-selling game of year so far Sales were down from last year, but there's a good reason for that By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2019, 9:02 AM
Gaming Industry US consumers spent $9.1 billion on video games in Q3 2019 An increase of 1 percent year-over-year, according to research firm NPD By Humza Aamir, November 7, 2019, 9:40 AM
Gaming NPD predicts the best-selling games of 2019 Several haven't even been released yet By Rob Thubron, September 25, 2019, 9:03 AM
Gaming Industry Nintendo Switch dominated gaming in 2018 Another solid year for the gaming industry By Shawn Knight, January 23, 2019, 1:54 PM
Gaming Tech Culture Consumer spending on video gaming up 40 percent in the first half of 2018 Spending on video game hardware hit a seven-year high By Shawn Knight, August 31, 2018, 11:07 AM 8 comments
Gaming Industry Nintendo had the best-selling console and game in the US during June, but it wasn't the Switch NES Classic Edition FTW By Rob Thubron, August 2, 2018, 8:52 AM
Gaming These are the best-selling games of 2014, NPD says By Jose Vilches, January 16, 2015, 11:30 AM 22 comments
Microsoft Gaming Sony's PS4 outsells Xbox One again, Titanfall remains top seller By Himanshu Arora, May 16, 2014, 10:15 AM 24 comments
Gaming PlayStation 4 was the best selling next-gen console in November according to NPD By Justin Kahn, December 13, 2013, 12:45 PM 19 comments
Mobile NPD: Nearly a third of all smartphone sales in the US are prepaid By Shawn Knight, May 15, 2013, 5:04 PM 10 comments
Gaming NPD Group says 78 percent of 'core gamers' purchase used games By Shawn Knight, March 7, 2013, 7:30 AM 11 comments
Industry Gaming Only 29% of core gamers to purchase next-gen console at launch By Shawn Knight, March 1, 2013, 5:00 PM 36 comments
Industry Mobile A third of PC owners are shifting tasks to mobile devices By Shawn Knight, February 8, 2013, 9:30 AM 31 comments
Industry Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals By Rick Burgess, January 11, 2013, 5:00 PM 22 comments
Software Gaming Data shows Windows 8 hasn't stimulated PC gaming as anticipated By Shawn Knight, December 6, 2012, 7:30 AM 45 comments
Hardware Average display size continues to rise on almost all electronics By Shawn Knight, October 17, 2012, 7:30 AM