NEWS: Media Create Japan Game Sales: August 23 - 29

Sales continue to decline as the Obon holiday effect wears off. While Capcom’s Monster Hunter Diary: Pukapoka Ailu Village debuts atop the Japanese sales chart this week, all eyes are on Pokemon Black and Pokemon White as pre-orders continue to pick up steam. With both games due for release later this month, if Nintendo can meet demand the pair could represent the biggest-ever opening sales week ...

NEWS: Media Create Sales: August 16-22

Sales plummet as Obon comes to an end. Last week saw many games with large sales increases due to the mid-summer Obon holiday, but this week was quite the opposite. All of the games in this week’s top 20 had decreased sales, whether by a few hundred units or a couple of thousand.  After ruling the roost last week due to an enormous spike in sales, Wii Party slips one spot to number two for the ...

NEWS: Media Create Sales: August 9-15

It was a holiday week in Japan, and that lifts Wii Party back to the top. The Japanese holiday known as Obon has helped lift the country from its rather dry spell of software releases. In fact, quite a few titles for Nintendo’s systems saw noticeable increases last week. Recapturing the top spot after a short hiatus is Nintendo’s Wii Party, seeing a massive 51% increase in sales. The game ...

NPD Group Reports July Sales

Hardware sales surge as software slumps, StarCraft II tops console offerings.

Video game sales down in July, Xbox flies with new console

Microsoft is crowing over the monthly NPD report on U.S. video-game sales, which show a 118 percent jump in Xbox console sales during July.

NPD: Hardware Surges On Strong Xbox 360, But Software Drags

For the month of July 2010, tracking firm NPD showed an increase over last year's U.S. retail console hardware revenues, even with console price reductions, reporting a 12 percent increase year-over-year to a figure of $313.8 million. Retail console game sales are still down by 8 percent over last year to $403.3 million, despite the release of several key titles -- which means that even taking ...