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more about #npd Xagest: Of course, this probably doesn't show used game sales. I'm sure for used games, just take the graph and turn it upside down. #videogamesales more » ripfire: I'm on a two year lag. I'm still playing games that released in '07. #videogamesales more » faulpeltz: lets not jump the gun, maybe there is a correlation between video game sales and games released (popular titles, sequels, etc...). Now factor in the r... more » davere: I'm not really a gamer, but I did receive a PS3 for my birthday, mostly because I had been wanting a Blu-Ray player. I was shocked to find out that g... more » rivercat: The same, the same! Just like TV, they are all the same!! Note to game designers: Do something new and different!!! #videogamesales more » Aertea: As many people mentioned on the kotaku thread, and this one; its not a decrease in sales. Saying so is highly misleading. Its more like sales have h... more » Godseye: Its not a drop in game sales. The sale was increasing up until Mar' 09. #videogamesales more » Peter Shultz: A slightly different take: sep. 2006 a good year (assumed) sep. 2007 80% better than 2006. Sep. 2008 5% worse than 2007 but 75% better than 2006. ... more » iamnotafish: I'm not sure that you can't compare quarters directly because big releases don't occur in the same quarter year after year. For example, Q1 2010 is go... more » Kaiser-Machead: Time to break out my wooden Labyrinth game. #videogamesales more » Odin: It'd be interesting to see how many of those Macs are running Windows as well. Apple and OSX infuriate me sometimes though. Over the past few weeks 4... more » CleverName: 3 in the home, no PCs. Windows can burn in Hell. more » kitsuneconundrum: make sense, all my mac friends straight up boot camp. more » mattbarrie: Learn the meaning of the word "of". 15% of 12% = 1.8% more » frigg: What am I missing? John writes "of the 12% of homes with a Mac, less than 2% are Mac-exclusive." But the study says "Of those 12 percent, nearly 85 ... more » Septhinox: I'm an admitted Apple fanboy, yet I understand the merits of owing Windows machines as well. You'd have to be stupid not to. more » hjustin93: I would love a mac, with Windows 7 on it. more » otko: Almost everyone I know has either a Mac and a Windows box or uses BootCamp/Virtual Machine software. There's still so much that Windows can do that OS... more » Margatron: See? Only 2% of us drink the Kool-Aid! more » infmom: Hmm. Well, in this office there's one Mac laptop and one Mac desktop, two PC desktops and a Linux server. I guess that makes us ambidextrous. more » -
#charts
Video Games Apparently Not "Recession-Proof"
There's been a lot of talk about video games being a "recession-proof" industry. But this year-to-year graph shows the steep drop in industry growth since 2007. More » -
#macvspc
Almost Nobody Owns Just Macs
NPD's Household Penetration Study found a 3% uptick in Mac households for 2009. This makes sense! What's surprising (or not) is that of the 12% of homes with a Mac, less than 2% are Mac-exclusive. More » -
#proclamations
So Long Desktop PC, You Suck
Desktop PCs have been in decline for a decade, and countless people have said their piece about it. But new evidence suggests the desktop tower's death spiral is underway—and we're not too broken up about it. More » -
#bluray
Blu-ray Cheaper and More Popular, But Still Confusing To Most People
The gadget-sale tracking NPD says Blu-ray sales were up 72% from a year before, while dollars earned were up just 14% (players are getting cheaper)—yet most people still don't really know what Blu-ray is. More » -
