masterb8tr on 21 January 2009
| BKK2 said: Oslo 19 January 2009
This year sales numbers from the game industry in 2008: Game industry with NOK a record behind him 12.6% increase in turnover in the shop. We have summed industry omsetningstall for 2008 and growth from the record year 2007 is formidable. Sales of PC and Console to shop, have an increase of 12.6% from NOK 593 million in 2007 to just NOK 668 million in 2008. In game sales per console, we see that the PlayStation 3 has the greatest market share with 25.8%. It is worth noting that the Xbox 360 numbers are somewhat low due to the fact that Microsoft does not supply their own numbers. The figures are reported for the Xbox 360 comes only from third-party distributors. However, the turnover of the game's Xbox 360 for 15.4%, while the Nintendo Wii has a market share of 13.2%. When it comes to sales per game for the handheld console, we see that the Nintendo DS strengthened a firm grip on market share with 10.5%. PC market has lost a bit, down by 8.2% from 2007 despite a strong end of year with many great titles. When it comes to the number of hardware consoles sold so you can see that of the three consoles are the Nintendo Wii sold the most during the year, closely followed by PlayStation 3 There are many exciting releases in 2009 so it is very likely that we can have a nice NOK years. Any questions or comments to the numbers directed to: Alf Henrik Nordby alf@spillforeningen.no tel: 970 21 810 PR industry statistics NSM Or Kirsti Danielsen kirsti.danielsen @ bergsala.no Chairman NSM About norwegian Games and Multimedia supplier league: NSM is a trade for Norwegian producers and distributors of PC and console game. The Association was established in 1998 and occupied with the conditions, which generally has significance for permanent keeping and further development of good conditions for the games industry. Play Association safeguard members' interests, and forces the industry as a whole at among other things, to ensure good market conditions, sales statistics, aldersmerking and reduce piracy. At the same time participating multimedia association in the public debate and informs consumers and legislators about the breadth and possibilities in the computer. The board consists of the days of the following representatives from the industry: Kjetil Walseth (Vivendi Universal Games Nordic), Hans Moe (Electronic Arts Norway AS), Tony Renstrøm (Microsoft Norway AS), Rannveig Virik (Pan Vision Distribution AS), Finn Robøle (Nordisk Film Interactive) and Kirsti Danielsen (Bergsala AS). www. spillforeningen.no Hardware Units (LTD):
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