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NPD: BioShock Infinite soars to top spot in March US sales

Added: 19.04.2013 0:11 | 28 views | 0 comments


Irrational Games' shooter month's best-seller; overall industry sales slide 10 percent to $992.5 million.

was March 2013's top-selling title in the United States, according to data from the NPD Group published today. Overall industry sales slid 10 percent during the month to $992.5 million.

Rounding out the month's top five titles were . Of note, all top ten titles for March were sequels.

NPD Group analyst Liam Callahan explained in a statement that the $992.5 million in total sales equals only about half of the true market spend for the month.

"When you consider our preliminary estimate for other physical format sales in March such as used and rentals at $190 million, and our estimate for digital format sales including full game and add-on content downloads including microtransactions, subscriptions, mobile apps, and the consumer spend on social network games at $670 million, we would estimate the total consumer spend in March to be just under $1.9 billion," Callahan said.

Hardware suffered in March, with "deep declines" of 32 percent in dollar spend, with stronger downturns for portable hardware than for traditional consoles. The Nintendo 3DS was an anomaly, with sales for the platform growing 9 percent year-over-year.

The NPD Group does not disclose specific console sales data, but Microsoft announced today that the and was the top-performer for the period. Sony and Nintendo have not made any sales data available.

Software sales in March 2013 across consoles, portables, and PC were up 2 percent, the first month of positive growth since November 2011.

"The performance of new launches was a major driver of the overall software growth for this month, with games launching in March 2013 selling over 40 percent more units than new launches in March 2012. There were positive trends for new launches that were seen across consoles, portables, and PC."

Callahan explained that March 2013 saw 20 percent fewer new releases, but these games generated nearly 70 percent more dollar sales per SKU than last year.

"With solid performances of new games like , 3DS software sales increased over 50 percent from last March."

March was a positive month for publisher Take-Two, as the strength of BioShock Infinite combined with continued sales of helped the publisher achieve the highest sales for an individual company since the NPD Group began tracking retail sales in 1995.

"Two strong launches for the month included Tomb Raider and BioShock Infinite, which were the highest first month sales for games in these franchises," Callahan said.

Switching to accessories, this sector was flat in dollar sales during March 2013, coming in at $216.1 million.

"While accessory spending was flat in dollar sales, continued strength of Skylanders, point cards, and headsets/ headphones resulted in a 15 percent growth in unit sales for March 2013 over March 2012," Callahan said.

MARCH US GAME SALES (March 3-April 6, 2013)
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES

Total retail sales: $992.5 million (-10%)
Non-PC hardware: $221.6 million (-32%)
Non-PC software: $554.8 (-1%)
Accessories: $216.1 (0%)
Total software: $602.4 million (2%)

TOP 10 GAMES FOR MARCH 2013
Title (Platforms) - Publisher

1. BioShock Infinite (X360, PS3, PC) - Take-Two Interactive
2. Tomb Raider (X360, PS3) - Square Enix
3. Gears of War: Judgment (X360) - Microsoft
4. God of War: Ascension (PS3) Sony
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360, PS3, PC, Wii U) - Activision Blizzard
6. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) - Nintendo
7. MLB13: The Show (PS3, PS Vita) - Sony
8. NBA 2K13 (X360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC) - Take-Two Interactive
9. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (X360, PS3, Wii U) - Activision Blizzard
10. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (X360, PS3) - Namco Bandai Games

From: www.gamespot.com

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (Xbox 360)

Added: 15.04.2013 9:12 | 47 views | 0 comments


A staff review for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct on the Xbox 360 platform, contributed by Mike Suskie.

From: www.honestgamers.com

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Review | post it gamer

Added: 11.04.2013 18:18 | 24 views | 0 comments


Ray from postitgamer.com states - "Telltale Games episodic Walking Dead series was one of my favorite titles of 2012, so the idea of playing a first person shooter based on my favorite redneck brothers from the AMC TV series enticed me. Unfortunately, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is so poorly executed that its difficult to appreciate some of the interesting features introduced in the gameplay. This is the perfect example of license whoring at its finest."

From: n4g.com

Review: Defiance | Xboxer360

Added: 11.04.2013 15:20 | 17 views | 0 comments


Jamie of Xboxer360 writes, "Not many TV show tied-in games have achieved great success, in fact you could say the only game to do so was Telltales The Walking Dead, whereas Survival Instinct showed us exactly how not to make a TV tied-in title. Well now its Defiances turn to show what its got, with the TV series set to premiere on Monday 15th April on the Syfy channel. Set in the San Francisco Bay area, the world does not appear as we know it, with a terraformed environment and alien inhabitants known as Voltans, now sharing Earth with the human race. Defiance is an open-world third-person shooter MMO, a lot to say I know, but thats exactly what it is. You are an Ark Hunter, not a Vault Hunter although there are a lot of similarities to Borderlands. Employed by the famous Karl Von Bach (CEO of Von Bach Industries), its your job to search for advanced and expensive alien technology."

From: n4g.com

Review: The Walking Dead Survival Instinct (This Is My Joystick)

Added: 09.04.2013 8:18 | 51 views | 0 comments


Survival Instinct is the prequel to the TV series, set around the time of when Rick Grimes (leading character) is hospitalised in a coma. Leading the game you take the role as much-loved Daryl Dixon; yes, the rough-and-ready crossbow-wielding survivor, who is joined by his impolite and rowdy older brother Merle, played by Michael Rooker. With a journey of brotherly love on the cards, one will have to stop this lovely scene and inject a mass of zombies into the mix. Well, what did you expect? On a road trip to hell Daryl and Merle will have to fight their way through the Georgian countryside and local shanty towns to reach the safety of Atlanta.

From: n4g.com

Review: The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct | Metro Gaming

Added: 08.04.2013 12:20 | 23 views | 0 comments


As a leading videogame publisher Activision gets a very bad rap from the core audience. Using their big name projects to finance the more debatable releases, one would have thought that their commercial releases to fund titles for the core audience wouldve been exactly what gamers wanted. However, it seems that rarely do this audience know whats good for them, and thats exactly the case with The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct.

From: n4g.com

Why You Should Play It: Walking Dead Survival Instinct

Added: 03.04.2013 18:19 | 39 views | 0 comments


Allan Muir expresses his opinion on why you should give Walking Dead Survival Instinct a chance.

From: n4g.com

Zero Punctuation Reviews The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

Added: 03.04.2013 18:19 | 22 views | 0 comments


Yahtzee takes at look at The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is his usual no-holds barred style.

From: n4g.com


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