Everything's up by a whopping 47%. Wonder if this has anything to do with the release of GTA IV? US VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY - APRIL 2008 Software: $654.7m (+68%) Hardware: $426.2m (+26%) Accessories: $154m (+39%) Total Games: $1.23b (+47%) TOP-SELLING HARDWARE - APRIL 2008 Wii--714,000 Nintendo DS--415,000 PlayStation Portable--193,000 Xbox 360--188,000 PlayStation 3--187,000 PlayStation 2--124,000 TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE - APRIL 2008 Title / Publisher / Release Date / Units* 1) Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) / Take-Two / April 2008 / 1.85M 2) Mario Kart Wii (Wii) / Nintendo / April 2008 / 1.12M 3) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) / Take-Two / April 2008 / 1M 4) Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) / Nintendo / Feb. Read More...

72% Of U.S. Plays Games, Only 2-3% Own Multiple Consoles If you missed the heading, almost 3/4ths of the country plays games, to some extent at least. Not bad numbers when you look at them. That means there has got to be something to this whole thing right? I'd say so. Gamers are not a minority; we are a majority. And we have the NPD to prove this fact for us all. Oh, and just so ya know as well, this is up from last years survey that had only 64% of the US gaming. Read More...

Nintendo Wins February Console War, but PS2 makes a jump!   The Nintendo DS and Wii took the top two spots on NPD Console sales for the month of February, but that is not the biggest news. Playstation 2 in the month of February sold almost 100 thousand more than the Playstation 3. Total hardware sales this month were $480 million, compared to last year which was $402 million. Read More...

  NPD Announces: COD4 Sales Number Pwns!   Call of Duty by Infinity Ward for Xbox360 pwns this month’s NPD group in Games sales. This multiplatform game went up against several notable debuts this month and still came out number one!  01.   Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 296,200 02.   Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) - 295,200 03.   Wii Play (Wii) - 289,700 04. Read More...