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February NPDs: Wii Unseated As Top Console, BioShock 2 Doesn’t Sink

February’s NPDs look to be pretty much business as usual: DS was the top seller overall and Wii was the best selling console that… wait, what? The Wii… wasn’t the best selling home console in February? D...

by Rob Thomas

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January 2010 NPDs: Mario Continues Dominance, Mass Effect Shows Strong

Hello again, everyone. It’s the return of another feature we haven’t done in a couple of months – the NPD sales figures! Exciting, huh? Well, we figured since the numbers for January were now out, it would be ...

by Rob Thomas

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October NPDs: The Rest of the Top 20

Well, now that the rest of the October NPD Top 20 list is out, we can see why Brütal Legend didn’t make it into the top 10 – Eddie Riggs was seemingly unable to fight his way past the equally brutal Demon’s S...

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October NPDs: Uncharted Tops Charts, Wii Back on Top

Hah – see what we did there? Because it’s ironic that a game called Uncharted would actually be sitting at the top of the sales charts… I suppose? But anyway, yes – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves snagged the...

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Battle of the Bands: Beatles Beat Guitar Hero in September Sales

Despite tough talk from Activision, it seemed that nothing could save Guitar Hero 5; not commercials with a plethora of pantomiming Playmates, not the fact that it was released on more platforms, not even the time-traveling son...

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September NPDs: The Rest of the Top 20

We’re almost done with the NPD-related posts, we promise! I know you all find sales figures and lists to be horribly exciting, so please try to contain yourself as we throw one more at you. This time, it’s the exten...

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September NPDs: Aion [insert wing-related joke here] to Top of PC Charts

Yeah, we just couldn’t really be bothered to try and dredge up something “witty” to go in the headline. Suffice it to say, it must be a slow season in Azeroth, as NC Soft’s Korean MMO import, Aion: The T...

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Crunching Numbers – The PS3′s Successes

As the NPD numbers once again begin their monthly hibernation, the most talked about news from September’s sales data remains the PlayStation 3’s rise to the top of the home console market. With a new design, cheaper price,...

by Scott Thompson

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September NPDs: PS3 is Top Console, ODST Dominates

Sorry that these numbers are a little bit late side, but I think we can be forgiven, since it seems like Hell may have indeed frozen over – PlayStation 3 was the best selling home console for the month of September. Mind ...

by Rob Thomas

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