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NPD Reports To Include Walmart Data From Next Month

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The NPD group which tracks video game sales throughout the United States has announced that its reports will include sales figures from Walmart starting from next month. NPD Group’s David Reiley also mentioned that next months report will also include another prolific retailer in the United States which hadn’t previously been included.

“Our enhanced retail coverage, including the addition of several new retailers, begins with May data released on Thursday, June 14. Yes, it does include Walmart.”

- NPD Group’s David Riley

Nintendo 3DS Outsold The DS By 1 Million Units At This Point In Either Platforms Lifecycle

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NPD analyst Anita Frazier has explained that the Nintendo 3DS has outsold the Nintendo DS by roughly 1 million units during their respective first 14 months in the market. Frazer then went on to say that ”the DS went on to become the best-selling gaming hardware system ever.” Nintendo has stated that it has sold around 4.5 million Nintendo 3DS systems in the United States during its first year of availability.

NPD: Mario Party 9 Stands Strong In Top Ten, Xenoblade Nowhere To Be Seen

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April’s NPD software sales are in and they show that Mario Party 9 continues to be a top-selling franchise for Nintendo. Mario Party 9 was the seventh best-selling game during a dismal April, which saw software sales at retail down by a whopping 48%. Despite analysts predictions Xenoblade Chronicles failed to enter the all-format top ten.

  1. Prototype 2 (360, PS3)
  2. Kinect Star Wars (360)
  3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)
  4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (360, PS3)
  5. NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC, PS2)
  6. The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings (360, PC)
  7. Mario Party 9 (Wii)
  8. Mass Effect 3 (360, PS3, PC)
  9. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3)
  10. MLB 12: The show (PS3, PSV)

Update: Xenoblade Chronicles wasn’t included as it was limited to only one retailer.

Capcom Sells Over 1.6 Million Copies Of Monster Hunter Tri G For 3DS

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Capcom has announced that its managed to shift over 1.6 million units of Monster Hunter Tri G for the Nintendo 3DS. The game has only been released in Japan thus far, but it’s expected to come to North America and Europe later this year. We should hopefully hear more about a Western release for Monster Hunter Tri G at E3 next month.

Wii Outselling PlayStation Vita In Europe

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Despite many naysayers proclaiming that the Wii is dead it seems as though the ageing console is outselling the recently released PlayStation Vita in Europe. These incredible figures were disclosed by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata at the firms investor meeting. Given the amount of advertising and publicity the PlayStation Vita has received since launch you would have thought it would be outselling the Wii at the moment. It should also be noted that the PSP is outselling the PlayStation Vita in Europe.

Nintendo Hopes To Sell 10 Million Wii U Consoles Despite Losses

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Despite posting a lower than expected operating loss Nintendo is confident that it will sell 10 million Wii U consoles during the machines first financial year. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata expects combined Wii U and Wii sales of 10.5 million consoles and 70 million software units. Nintendo has yet to announce a release date for Wii U, but it’s expected to launch later this year.

Pandora’s Tower Fails To Make An Impact In UK Charts

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Pandora’s Tower, Nintendo’s latest JRPG offering, has failed to make a substantial impact in the UK sales charts. The game managed to enter the Wii charts at number six which means that it failed to enter the all-formats top twenty. The game has received mixed reviews with Edge magazine awarding the game a fairly mediocre six out of ten.

Analyst Blames Nintendo For Video Game Sales Decline

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Sales of video games in the United States have been on a steep decline over recent months. The reason? Nintendo. Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz states that Wii software sales “have been trending down 50 percent year over year, and have been for the last 12 months”. Creutz says that consumers have started shifting over to mobile phone and Facebook games which has left Nintendo, and the video game industry, reeling.

“Everybody needs to realize that the Wii software segment is trending down 50 percent year over year, and has been for the last 12 months. That is a massive decline. There’s no way you could not have a decline overall with that big of a decline in that portion of the software.”

“Ten years ago, Nintendo largely catered to kids and Nintendo fanboys. There was about a five year period they could expand their market beyond that, and now I think they’re back to the kids and Nintendo fanboys again. It’s not a bad market but it’s not a market that’s going to grow enormously.”