{"id":35945,"date":"2012-04-13T16:45:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=35945"},"modified":"2012-04-13T17:04:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T15:04:38","slug":"npd-groups-us-game-sales-march-20112012-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/35945-npd-groups-us-game-sales-march-20112012-comparison","title":{"rendered":"Yearly game sales down in March"},"content":{"rendered":"

The overall sales and revenues from the video game industry appear to be down from last financial year. As expected, Mass Effect 3 tops the charts.<\/p>\n

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NPD Group’s U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Sales Channel*) – March 2012 – 5-week month; March Reporting Period 2\/26\/12 through 3\/31\/12<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dollar Sales<\/strong><\/td>\nMar ’11<\/strong><\/td>\nMar ’12<\/strong><\/td>\nCHG<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Video Game Sales (New Physical Channel)<\/td>\n$1.47B<\/td>\n$1.10B<\/td>\n-25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video Games Hardware<\/td>\n$494.5MM<\/td>\n$323.5MM<\/td>\n-35%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video Games Software (Console+Portable – New Physical Sales only)<\/td>\n$735.4MM<\/td>\n$553.1MM<\/td>\n-25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video Games Accessories<\/td>\n$241.4MM<\/td>\n$222.5MM<\/td>\n-8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Total Software Sales – (Console+Portable+PC – New Physical Sales Only)<\/td>\n$790.9MM<\/td>\n$585.1MM<\/td>\n-26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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March 2012 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)<\/strong><\/td>\nRank<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mass Effect 3 (360, PS3, PC)**<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nElectronic Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (360, PS3)**<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nCapcom USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MLB 12: The Show (PS3, PSV)<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSony (Corp)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC, PS2)<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nTake 2 Interactive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SSX 2012 (360, PS3)<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nElectronic Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3, 360)**<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nCapcom USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mario Party 9 (Wii)<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nNintendo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call of Duty: Modern Warfar 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)**<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nActivision Blizzard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja (360, PS3)<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nNamco Bandai Games<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major League Baseball 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PSP, PC, PS2)<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nTake 2 Interactive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Copyright 2012. The NPD Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and Confidential.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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*NPD’s monthly point-of-sale data reports on U.S. Games Industry sales occurring from new physical purchases at retail which is the largest channel for games sales, but does not represent 100% of industry sales; it does not account for consumer purchases made via digital distribution, used game sales, subscriptions, mobiles, rentals, or social network games. NPD’s Games Market Dynamics: U.S. is issued quarterly and is NPD’s official estimate of the consumer spend on the industry and It does include estimates of the size of those other monetization methods.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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