According to new data by The NPD Group, $1,000 is too expensive for the overwhelming majority of phone buyers. NPD’s research shows that just under 10 percent of buyers are willing to pay $1,000 or more for a phone. This…
‘Titanfall’ Tops March Game Sales; PS4 Outsells Xbox One
March video game sales estimates for the U.S. have been released by market research firm NPD and it appears that Microsoft’s investment in the highly-marketed Titanfall has paid off – for publisher EA, that is. The March sales estimates show…
HBO: We’re Not Losing Subscribers, Report Is ‘Simply Incorrect’
HBO has gone on the offensive following a recent report that claimed the pay-TV service was bleeding subscribers (thanks to streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime). “The research is simply incorrect. Both HBO and Cinemax services have shown significant…
Are Chromebooks The Machines Businesses Want?
Are Chromebooks the right choice of computer for businesses? Google certainly thinks so. The company’s rivals (namely Microsoft) obviously disagree. Either way, recent data indicates that the light, low-cost machines are gaining significant ground in the B2B space, not to…
Consumer Computer Sales Increasing, Thanks to Tablets
Throughout the past few years, the tech industry has watched as consumers bought fewer PCs each year. Shipments of PCs and notebooks have been declining for several consecutive quarters now. Consumers have not been lured in by new PC hardware…
Chromebooks Are Seeing Growth In A Stagnant PC Industry
It’s hard to resist the allure of Google’s Chromebook. For those just looking for a cheap Internet machine, Google’s sub-$300 laptops are hard to beat. That unmatched value is helping Chromebooks succeed in a market that’s been defined by nothing…
Netflix Loses Ground to Other Streaming Services – But Not Much
Subscription-based streaming is on the rise, Netflix still leads the pack – but it’s lost just a bit of its stranglehold. That’s the word from NPD, who just published their VideoWatch VOD report for Q1 2013. According to NPD, the…
Smartphone Shipments Will Finally Pass Feature Phones This Year
2013 will be the year that global smartphone shipments finally top feature phones, according to new figured from NPD. According to the research firm, global smartphone shipments will hit 937 million units this year. That will just outpace global feature…
Netflix Is Incredibly Popular on HDTVs; Smartphones and Tablets Not So Much
Chances are, if you’re streaming a film or TV show via Netflix Instant, you’re probably watching it on your HDTV (either via a SmartTV or through a device with a Netflix app, like an Xbox360). NPD has just published their…
Nintendo Sold 890,000 Wii U Consoles In 2012
Nintendo has famously said it was going to sell 5.5 million Wii U units before the end of the fourth quarter. It’s now January, and the company that Mario built has revealed its sales numbers for the U.S. The results?…
Gamers Are On The Decline In The U.S.
It seems like everybody is a gamer these days. The rise of mobile and social gaming has turned even the most unlikely of people into gamers. All of the new gamers have even eclipsed what was traditionally the largest gamer…
Video Game Sales Were Down Again In July
The video game industry was seen as something that was recession proof back in 2008. Everybody loves video games and people are going to keep buying them. The Wii was still flying off of shelves and people were gobbling up…
Xbox 360 Is King For 16th Straight Month, Sells 236,000 In April
Microsoft now has a couple of things to be excited about as we close out the work week. On Thursday, they unveiled a huge overhaul of their Bing engine that will debut a three-column format and heavily integrate Facebook (and…
Free-To-Play Games Are Serious Business
Free-to-play games are the new “in” thing. It’s the kind of game that everybody wants to make. Zynga and other major developers have already proved that free-to-play can be a healthy and at times, ridiculously profitable, business model. Thanks to…
Digital Movies Kill Blockbuster, Stop Wasting Money!!
Over the past holiday weekend I finally had some time to relax. I don’t get much downtime so when the moment arrived I had to ask myself, ” what do I like to do when I have free time? “.…
NPD: Xbox 360 On Top In December
The Xbox 360 did good this year. How good? About $6.7 billion worth of good. NPD data was released today that cemented Microsoft’s position as the leader of 2011 in video game sales. That $6.7 billion worth of sales equated…
P2P Music Sharing on the Decline?
The fight against digital music piracy seems to always be a step behind the current trends. When the doors were finally shut on Napster, some people * ahem* had already gotten more music via the service in a week than…
Large Screen Phones Preferred by More Consumers
It doesn’t seem like too long ago when tiny phones were all the rage. They were all touted as lightweight and super thin – and the closer to the size of a Zippo, the better. Well, according to a new…
Netflix Crushing the Competition
Watching movies at home is getting easier and easier, but that doesn’t mean consumers are spreading around their sources. In a press release earlier today, global retail market researcher NPD Group reports that the lion’s share of downloaded and streamed…