Dec 25, 2008
New York - Because of the economic situation these days before Christmas, many people are trying to cut their holiday budgets as low as possible. But according to the latest reports, people are still buying video games at the same level, not cutting the spending for this kind of entertainment.
The research of NPD Group says that U.S. retail sales of video games earned a total of $2.91 billion in November,which is a 10 percent increase from a year ago. With a more ... Read More
Dec 21, 2008
Categories: Tech
New York - According to reports video games are still selling strong this year, despite the many other ways that consumers are reigning in the spending to save some money. Video game sales has jumped 10 percent from where they were a year ago. In November alone, a total of $2.91 billion was spent on video games. Total sales from January to November this year are up by 22 percent from 2007, totaling $16 billion.
Video games are looked at as a way ... Read More
Dec 13, 2008
Categories: Tech
New York - Despite Xbox 360’s big sales during Black Friday Nintendo is in the lead building a huge gulf between them an all rivals. Nintendos Wii sold three for each Xbox bought during November reported NPD a research group. Four Nintendo titles were among the ten best selling games in November: Wii Play, Wii Music, Wii Fit, and Mario Kart. Wii’s motion-controlled games consoles held three top selling spots.
Analysts had lower expectations for sales of video games in the United States ... Read More
Nov 13, 2008
Categories: Tech
New York - Electronic Arts has announced its own fitness video game, EA Sports Active, inspired by the success of Nintendo Wii Fit.
EA Sports Active will offer a series of mini games such as soccer, tennis and boxing, to whip players are put into shape. With a price of $60, EA Sports Active includes a tape to attach the Nunchuk to the player's leg, two wristbands with a rubber band to provide resistance and a book on nutrition. In the future could ... Read More
Oct 19, 2008
Boston (That Happened!) - It’s not a game anymore.
Talk of a slowing economy has been running rampant for months, maybe even the last year, but things are getting serious when gamers put down their controllers and start taking notice. This past September, the industry is reporting a seven percent drop in sales, the first real decline in this usually robust industry in over two years. This drop is compared to the sales of September 2007.
Despite these dramatic numbers, this drop is not ... Read More
