October US retail sales post rare climb - NPD

@gameking5000 Actually, the world economy is screwed.

All thats left Is the sequel to E.T and its the early 80s all over again.

The best games come this year and guess what? A 1% increase. The gaming industry is screwed.

@darkmask1991 Uncharted 3 was released November 1 ;)

Hey, what about those 3.8 million Uncharted 3 copies?

Good games come out and sales climb, hmm...

just w8 until November ends and see

@MJ12-Conspiracy, Yep, Skyrim was definately worth the wait, im simply so immersed i cant keep off it, and i havnt even begun the main quest yet : )

Huh, I said on a thread a while back relating to poor sales "Just wait until November.." This news was obvious :P @MJ12-Conspiracy Mate, spot on. I got Skyrim at the weekend and I finally feel like I have a 'complete' game again. Releases these days are too focused on DLC and multiplayer where as Bethesda has just focused on giving gamers what they need. Easily should have been 10/10 in my opinion, the game is bliss.

Not surprised by this at all. - Make good games and they will come.

393 000 x360 dont eff that up ms by bring a new console before 2013/14,this was a great month for the 360 toppin the hardware sales plus with 2 exclusives on the top 10 and all other games released were also on the 360,big ups too to Dark Souls

Everything else this year be it good or bad is nothing before the might of SKYRIM....... Seriously, this is all I've needed for months and now that it's here I'm enjoying myself...... Did anyone notice how there was no day 1 DLC for Skyrim and Bethesda didn't come out and announce The Elder Scrolls VI for 2013? pretty much every other high profile title did that and all of them were lacking in some way, Skyrim feels complete......

I still haven't recovered from all of the launches this year and I'm finding it hard to keep up. I've purchased Dead Island, Deus Ex, Gears 3, Rage,BF3, Skyrim, Madden 12, Dead Space 2 and LA Noir. I still want to get Forza 4, Batman,Rayman, and MW3. It's just trying to squeeze it in my budget. 3 kids, mortgage, etc.., I guess I could just put everyone on a Ramen Noodle diet. lol

As good as Octobers releases were, November is going to kick it's ass. Too many games I'm looking forward to this month (King of Fighters XIII, MGS: Collection, Halo Anniversary, etc.)

@ Vodoo seriously, crawl out of your egg, learn writing, reading and then comment something useful. I won't comment further to your racial nonsense, first do all the above for the sake of humanity, even though you will not make an impact on it when you grow up.

BF3 baby, at first I hated it..it wasn't my precious BFBC2, then I played...and played...and continued to play it...somehow it got me hooked and now I LOVE it...what a game. Best online FPS gaming out there.

diablo 3 FTW !!!! PC Gaming rocks !!!! @Vodoo Stop being an incessant racial stereotypical dude ......

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These figures take a huge jump this November thanks to Call if duty, Uncharted 3, Skyrim :)

Yey, 1% growth is huge. Even though I don't like COD, I am happy that it is helping to push the video game industry into the right direction!

@Uesugi-dono The same.

wow it reached billion :shock:

@ LisVender Worse games means better sales because the casual players started coming into gaming mainly by consoles.

Imagine that: better games mean better sales! Who woulda thunk?

@ Frosty @ holtrocks Unfortunately, the market is going towards the consoles and gaming ic changing in a bad way, see how many titles are consolized and pc gets just ports of easy corridor shooters, strategy games and flight simulations are nearly exctinct, it keeps getting worse. That's why i detest consoles and modern day producers. You can have a pc for several years without upgrading though, times have changed.

@foojam true the only problem is they are expensive not quite has bad as everyone thinks but still.

@foojam Agreed.

xbox360 and ps3 are rubbish compared to pc.

November is gonna blow October away. MW3 alone is gonna give overall November a gigantic boost, then factor in UC3, Skyrim, Zelda and ACR.

well at least this story took the positive view of the situation. 1% gain better than nothing... but all the analysts were predicting a huge increase year over due to the releases that came out in October, but when have they ever been right? - Gamasutra has that perspective on the numbers.

@Kleeyook Battlefield 3 came out Oct 25 in North America, so basically the last week of the NPD reporting period for October.

@ANTBeoulve Unfortunately, DS is way too hard for it to be appealing. Its sad but true.

It's got to be disappointing for Sony that even after the price drop they are not seeing a bump in the North American market. It's adding insult to injury to lose money on every hardware sale and still not gain ground in the most important market.

What!? I thought BF3 just released this November. :(

The "Souls" games are here to stay! :)

Just wondering how Microsoft's hardware sales would look if the 360 were a bit more, let's say, reliable?

@ANTBeoulve Yeah ok, I totally get what you're saying. It just sucks I guess that this is how business work.

@momoh410 Just Dance 3 has a heavy casual following. Dark Souls and Forza 4 are part of a niche market compared to the heavy fps followings. Also Gears had its release in September so a big chunk of its sales were from the month before

Anybody else notice why JUST DANCE 3 has better sales than DARK SOULS, FORZA, and GEARS OF WAR? I mean come on. Great games deserves better.

I cant imagine anyone would be surprised by this. One of the biggest holidays seasons in a long time for gaming.

@ nickythenewt21 I would love to but the game doesnt come out until the 22nd for us PC gamers.

Build it and they will come game developers. I love the flood of good games in October and November but it seems like folly to sit on the sidelines throughout the entire summer. There were entire months and months where not a single decent title was released on any platform and I was desperate to play something. Right now I have to make choices with my money. It is sillyness. Surely Saints Row 3, Rayman Origins, Kirby, etc... some of these games should be been pushed out sooner or delayed because I can't afford to play everything I want to play right now.

360 is the king in the U.S

I still want so many of those top ten games!! Too many good games , too little $$. Picked up Gears 3, BF3, and Madden 12, but there is still a bunch more that I want. Now that Skyrim, MW3, and Batman recently released, it's making my pockets very light! I still want to pick up UC3 and Forza 4! Well at least we have a bunch of good games to choose from instead of getting nothing but shovelware.

moo?

I'm loving them sales.

I want to get Battlefield 3 for my 360. :D

just got skyrim

@ nickythenewt21 No time for that now - I'm playing BF3 ;)