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NPD Group has released their software and hardware sales data for March 2013. Emerging triumphant on the top 10 chart of best-selling games in the US is none other than Irrational Games' shooter BioShock Infinite (definitely no surprises there). Here's the full chart: BioShock Infinite (X360...

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Not surprised. Although, it's a bit weird that Brits enjoy Sleeping Dogs more than strolling around with 'Death' and slicing through hordes of baddies. Here's chart for the best-selling titles during the month of August: Darksiders 2 - THQ (360, PS3, PC) New Super Mario Bros...

According to data compiled by NPD, less people are playing video games in the United States, when compared to the same period last year. Approximately 211.5 million (2/3 US citizens) play video games in the US, which means 12 million less than the year before...

Happy 4th of July to all Americans out there and to those who are not Americans, but celebrate this day.

NPD released new sales data, showing BioWare's Mass Effect 3 as the most wanted game during March 2012. Here's the US sales chart for March: Mass Effect 3 (360, PS3, PC) Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (360, PS3) MLB: The Show (PS3...

According to the latest data released by NPD, US retail sales of games, consoles and accessories dropped to their lowest total in almost 5 years during the pervious month (thanks, GamaSutra). NPD Group data indicates that sales fell 26% year-over-year to $707...

Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire was the most wanted game in North America last month, that's according to NPD Group's monthly top-ten chart. NPD's data also shows that game sales generated $1.03 billion, as opposed to $1.15 billion during the same period in 2010...

And here we go. The PlayStation 3 is reportedly outselling the Xbox 360 worldwide. After seeing the European sales and US sales, we now have a report from Strategy Analytics, suggesting that the global installed base of Sony's gaming system reached 43...

Well, I never. While the PS3 is apparently outperforming the 360 across Europe sales wise, in the United States Microsoft's console is kicking the PS3's backside. Oh and one other, trifling point, the Nintendo Wii is still kicking everybody's ass after all these years...

In its regular monthly video games sales chart, NPD reveals that NBA 2K11, Fallout: New Vegas and EA's new Medal of Honor were the three best-selling titles throughout October. Check out the full chart below: Top Ten U.S. Console Titles (All Platforms) - October 3 to October 30 1...

Folks from the US aged eight and up have spent approximately $25.3 billion on video games, according to consumer spending data from research firm Newzoo. The survey -- focused on the year 2009 -- has shown that 46% of that budget goes to the used game trade and online models including subscriptions, virtual currency, microtransactions and digital distribution...

More sales data from NPD shows that the best selling game in March 2010 was none other than Sony's epic action adventure God of War III: 1. God Of War III (PS3, Sony) - 1,100,000 2. Pok'mon SoulSilver (DS, Nintendo) - 1,020,000 3...