NPD sales figures

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See also: Seventh generation of video games and NPD Seventh generation

NPD sales figures for the United States in the video game industry.

Note: March, June, September, and December are always five weeks of tracking, while the rest are 4 weeks. NPD does 4-4-5 (weeks/month) quarters, so that year on year quarterly comparisons are valid.

For NPD Charts, go to the bottom of this page.

See also

• Media Create sales data for Japan sales figures,
• Chart-Track sales data for Europe sales figures,
• Best selling games for worldwide sales figures.

Contents 1 Lifetime sales and records 2 2009 3 2008 4 2007 5 2006 6 2005 7 2004 8 2003 9 2002 and earlier 10 History of the United States video game industry 11 Charts 12 References 13 External links

[edit] Lifetime sales and records

Main article: NPD Seventh generation

NPD Console sales NPD Fastest selling video games NPD Best selling video games of all-time NPD records and milestones

Wii PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Nintendo DS PSP PlayStation 2

[edit] 2009

NPD 2009 in review and NPD Seventh generation of video games

NPD January 2009 NPD February 2009 NPD March 2009 NPD April 2009 NPD May 2009 NPD June 2009 NPD Seventh generation market share (chart courtesy of Chart Get!)

NPD July 2009 NPD August 2009 NPD September 2009 NPD October 2009 NPD November 2009 NPD December 2009 NPD Seventh generation market share (image courtesy of Chart Get!)

[edit] 2008

NPD 2008 in review

NPD January 2008 NPD February 2008 NPD March 2008 NPD April 2008 NPD May 2008 NPD June 2008 NPD 1st half of 2008

NPD July 2008 NPD August 2008 NPD September 2008 NPD October 2008 NPD November 2008 NPD December 2008 NPD 2nd half of 2008

[edit] 2007

NPD 2007 in review

NPD January 2007 NPD February 2007 NPD March 2007 NPD Q1 2007 NPD April 2007 NPD May 2007 NPD June 2007 NPD 1st half of 2007

NPD July 2007 NPD August 2007 NPD September 2007 NPD Q3 2007 NPD October 2007 NPD November 2007 NPD December 2007 NPD 2nd half of 2007

[edit] 2006

NPD 2006 in review

NPD January 2006 NPD February 2006 NPD March 2006 NPD April 2006 NPD May 2006 NPD June 2006

NPD July 2006 NPD August 2006 [1] NPD September 2006 [2] NPD October 2006 [3] NPD November 2006 (Wii and PlayStation 3 launch) NPD December 2006

[edit] 2005

NPD 2005 in review

NPD January 2005 NPD February 2005 NPD March 2005 NPD April 2005 NPD May 2005 NPD June 2005

NPD July 2005 NPD August 2005 NPD September 2005 NPD October 2005 NPD November 2005 (Xbox 360 launch) NPD December 2005

[edit] 2004

NPD 2004 in review

NPD January 2004 NPD February 2004 NPD March 2004 NPD April 2004 NPD May 2004 NPD June 2004

NPD July 2004 NPD August 2004 NPD September 2004 NPD October 2004 NPD November 2004 NPD December 20042

[edit] 2003

NPD 2003 in review

NPD January 2003 - August 2003 NPD January 2003 NPD February 2003 NPD March 2003 NPD April 2003 NPD May 2003 NPD June 2003

NPD July 2003 NPD August 2003 NPD September 2003 NPD October 2003 NPD November 2003 2 NPD December 2003

[edit] 2002 and earlier

NPD 2002 in review

• NPD - First quarter of 2002
• NPD June 2002
• NPD July 2002
• NPD August 2002
• NPD September 2002
• NPD October 2002
• NPD November 2002 2
• NPD December 2002

Earlier

• NPD January - September 2001
• NPD October 2000
• NPD December 2000
• Top 20 games of 1997

[edit] History of the United States video game industry

See also: Video game industry for worldwide figures

These figures are for United States only. Some numbers may exclude/include PC games and arcade games.

Year	Game industry	Source
2009		NPD 2009 in review
2008	$22 billion	NPD 2008 in review
2007	$18.85 billion	NPD 2007 in review
2006	$13.5 billion	NPD 2006 in review
2005	$11.45 billion	NPD 2005 in review
2004	$11 billion	NPD 2004 in review
2003	$11.2 billion	NPD 2003 in review
2002	$11.7 billion	NPD 2002 in review
2001	$11 billion (incl. PC games) (GC, GBA, XBX launches)	[4][5]
2000	$6.6 billion (excl. PC games)	[6][7]
1999	$6.9 billion	[8]
1998	$6.3 billion (+22%)	[9]
1997	$5.1 or $5.5 billion	[10][11][12][13]
1996	$3.3, $3.65, or $3.9 billion	[14][15][16]
1995	$3.2b or $5.1 billion	[17][18]
1990	$2.2 billion or $5.1 billion	[19][20]
1985	$100 million (following Video game crash of 1983)	[21][22]
1984	$800 million	[23]
1983	$2 billion	[24][25]
1982	$3 billion (Atari accounts for 80%)	[26]
1981	~$5 billion in arcades	[27]
1980	$464 million	[28]
1972	Arcade gaming arrives to US via Pong

[edit] Charts

Main article: Category:Charts

First half revenue for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

First half monthly revenue subdivided by month

[edit] References

[edit] External links

See also: List of video game sales websites

• NPD Charts dating back to June 2002 on videobusiness.com
• NPD Charts dating back to July 2004 on gamedaily.com

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