10 posts and columns on Anita Frazier

Xbox Accounted for 40 Percent of All Videogame Sales in 2011

in Commerce on January 12 at 5:57 pm PT

Despite sales declines bringing down the overall game industry last year, Microsoft dominated the market, with the Xbox capturing nearly half of all consumer spending from physical sales.
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Digital Game Revenue Wasn’t Enough to Offset Broader Industry Declines in Q3

in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm PT

Revenue from mobile and social games, among other categories, is growing, but not at a fast enough clip to offset the declines witnessed in the traditional games market.
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Thank Activision for Record-Breaking Videogame Sales in November

in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 3:19 pm PT

Strong sales of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 led to a record-breaking month in November for videogame sales.
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Xbox Dominates Market in May Despite Worst Slump Since 2006

in Commerce on June 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 recorded another strong sales month and now accounts for 34 percent of all videogame revenues — spanning hardware, software and accessories — for the first five months of the year.
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Nintendo DS Outsells 3-D Version After First Full Month of Sales

in Commerce on May 12, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT

The original Nintendo DS family continued to outsell the Nintendo 3DS during the first full month the glasses-free 3-D handheld gaming unit was for sale.

Another Sign that Videogame Sales are Going Digital: Prepaid Cards

in Commerce on March 10, 2011 at 5:45 pm PT

How big is online or digital gaming becoming? One indicator is the sales of prepaid gaming cards that are purchased at Walmart, Target, 7-11 and many other retailers.

Videogame Industry Suffers Massively Multiplayer Sales Decline

in News on May 14, 2010 at 6:50 am PT

April was another lousy month for the videogame industry. With overall revenue down 26 percent and hardware down 37 percent, it was the worst monthly year-over-year sales decline since last July, according to research house The NPD Group. It was also the 10th time in the last 13 months that sales have fallen year-over-year.
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Video Game Sales Tank

in News on November 13, 2009 at 5:50 am PT

If the latest sales data are any indication, the videogame industry may be headed for a rough holiday season. NPD Group reports that revenue from consoles and software plummeted during October, falling 16.4 percent from September and 19 percent year-over-year. It was the industry’s seventh consecutive monthly decline.
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Is the Video Game Sector Finally Slowing Down?

in News on April 17, 2009 at 4:41 am PT

Is the video game sector hitting a wall? That’s the obvious conclusion of the latest monthly sales data from research firm NPD Group. According to data released late Thursday, video game industry overall sales fell 17 percent in March from a year ago, with hardware down 18 percent, software off 17 percent and accessories off 15 percent.

New From Activision: Guitar Hero III–World Recession

in News on December 12, 2008 at 5:35 am PT

In a month when some 533,000 jobs were lost nationwide, Americans bought an astonishing amount of videogame paraphernalia–$2.91 billion worth, according to market research outfit NPD Group. That’s a 10 percent increase over November 2007. Said NPD analyst Anita Frazier, “With $16 billion realized for the year so far through November, the industry is still on pace to achieve total year revenue of $22 billion in the U.S.”