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Elden Ring retains its crown, Switch and PlayStation 5 still selling well – June NPD

July 15, 2022VG247

Elden Ring now among the top 10 best-selling games in the US market in terms of dollar sales. The NPD Group has released its June 2022 report covering video game hardware, software, and accessory sales in the US. According to the NPD, total videogame industry spending declined 11% year-over-year (yoy) to $4.3 billion despite growth in subscription spending. Year-to-date spending declined 10% to $26.3 billion compared to June 2021. For the month of June, hardware spending fell 8% yoy to $371 million, and console spending reached $2.1 billion, a 9% yoy decline. PlayStation 5 generated the highest dollar sales for…

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Black Ops Cold War and Switch top the March NPD charts

April 16, 2021VG247

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War returned to the top of the NPD charts in March, and Switch was once again the best-selling console.The NPD March 2021 report has been released, and it finds total industry spending reaching a March record of $5.6 billion, which is up 18% over March 2020. First-quarter spending totaled $14.9 billion, up 30% year-over-year.Watch on YouTubeHardware dollar sales were 47% higher year-over-year (yoy), and set a March record of $680 million, compared to the previous high of $552 million which occurred in March 2008.Year-to-date hardware spending came in at $1.4 billion, which is up…

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Switch were tops in January – NPD

February 12, 2021VG247

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Nintendo Switch once again dominated US retail in January, according to NPD.The NPD January 2021 report has been released, and it finds total industry spending in January 2021 reached a January record of $4.7 billion, 4which is 42% higher year-over-year.Hardware dollar sales reached $319 million, which is 144% higher than in January 2020, making it the highest total January month since 2011 when $$323 million was achieved. Once again, Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in units sold and was the highest of any January month since the Wii in January 2010.Like December, PlayStation 5 was the…

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Space Force soldier demoted after skipping training in order to get a PS5

December 17, 2020VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Thursday, 17 December 2020 14:48 GMT A soldier in the United States’ always controversial Space Force has been demoted for ditching drills in order to acquire a PS5, a document has revealed.Remember the USSF? That is, the United States Space Force, the Trump-backed space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces that attracted ridicule and parody when it was established in December last year? Well, it’s making headlines again.This time, it’s because a member of the force turned up 30 minutes late for a fitness lesson after he was apparently out scouring nearby Target stores in search of…

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Facebook’s dedicated game streaming service, Facebook Gaming, is now live in the US

October 26, 2020VG247

Facebook Gaming has gone live today, allowing users to play a series of games without downloading any apps in a bid to take on other gaming services like Google Stadia.Five free-to-play mobile games have been made free-to-play via the Facebook Gaming service, though at the moment you can only play these titles in the US.  If you’re keen to give Zuckerberg’s latest experiment a try, you will need to have either an Android device or a PC and access to the Facebook Gaming app.You can play popular titles like Asphalt 9: Legends, Mobile Legends: Adventure, PGA TOUR Golf Shootout, Solitaire: Arthur’s…

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