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March NPD data: Explosive US market up 57% year-on-year

April 18th, 2008 @ 06:56

NPD figures released last night show that both Michael Pachter and Colin Sebastian underestimated sales in the US last month - the analysts predicted growth of 47 percent and 35 percent respectively - as the American sector increased 57 percent year-on-year.

The total value of the US games market in March was $1.7 billion, compared to the $1.1 billion posted in March 2007.

Figures below:

  • Software: $945.6m (+63%)
  • Hardware: $551.3m (+46%)
  • Accessories: $220m (+58%)
  • Total Games: $1.7 billion (+57%)

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4 comments on “March NPD data: Explosive US market up 57% year-on-year”

  1. How much is the market ‘up’ if you ignore the Wii?

  2. Good question. My brain’s a bit cooked to “do the math” but I suspect you’re right: take out Wii and DS and it’d be a pretty sorry picture.

  3. “360 and PS3 doing crap, expect price cuts”, says ‘analyst’.

    http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18292

  4. Regarding your first post Blerk. MS just said they are the number one money maker this gen. I guess that is for home consoles only.

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