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gebx on 11 February 2008

The NPD Group has begun tracking paid online subscription markets, which should give a better picture of the overall videogames and PC games market.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9057&Itemid=2

NPD will now be releasing the quarterly Video Game & PC Game Subscriptions Report, which will provide data on “market size and title shares for paid online subscriptions to videogames and MMO/PC games, gaming Web sites, and videogame console services.”

Millions of Xbox Live Gold subscribers also pay $50 per year for the online service.

While the new report means NPD will track subscriptions, the firm still has yet to track the growing paid downloadable games market.

"Data is drawn from “thousands” of gamers 13 years of age and older who are part of NPD’s 3 million-person consumer panel."

Anyone know who these gamers are?? Cause I can find thousands of gamers on here and neogaf forums and make up my own list.

 



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rukusa on 11 February 2008

Thats awesome. Well, at least for the North American territory.



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ChronotriggerJM on 11 February 2008

It would be nice to know how many people actually purchased Warhawk :P



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madskillz on 11 February 2008

Yeah. I know one thing - I've never paid more than $30 a year for LIVE.



Goddbless on 11 February 2008

Yet they still won't track DLG or DLC. At least their making progress.... :/



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ssj12 on 11 February 2008
gebx said:

The NPD Group has begun tracking paid online subscription markets, which should give a better picture of the overall videogames and PC games market.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9057&Itemid=2

NPD will now be releasing the quarterly Video Game & PC Game Subscriptions Report, which will provide data on “market size and title shares for paid online subscriptions to videogames and MMO/PC games, gaming Web sites, and videogame console services.”

Millions of Xbox Live Gold subscribers also pay $50 per year for the online service.

While the new report means NPD will track subscriptions, the firm still has yet to track the growing paid downloadable games market.

"Data is drawn from “thousands” of gamers 13 years of age and older who are part of NPD’s 3 million-person consumer panel."

Anyone know who these gamers are?? Cause I can find thousands of gamers on here and neogaf forums and make up my own list.

 


 that right there gives every reason not to trust the numbers. Why cant they get Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Valve, and EA to give numbers? 



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gebx on 11 February 2008
ssj12 said:
gebx said:

The NPD Group has begun tracking paid online subscription markets, which should give a better picture of the overall videogames and PC games market.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9057&Itemid=2

NPD will now be releasing the quarterly Video Game & PC Game Subscriptions Report, which will provide data on “market size and title shares for paid online subscriptions to videogames and MMO/PC games, gaming Web sites, and videogame console services.”

Millions of Xbox Live Gold subscribers also pay $50 per year for the online service.

While the new report means NPD will track subscriptions, the firm still has yet to track the growing paid downloadable games market.

"Data is drawn from “thousands” of gamers 13 years of age and older who are part of NPD’s 3 million-person consumer panel."

Anyone know who these gamers are?? Cause I can find thousands of gamers on here and neogaf forums and make up my own list.

 


 that right there gives every reason not to trust the numbers. Why cant they get Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Valve, and EA to give numbers? 


Same reason why most MMO's don't give out subcription numbers - Its the type of info you don't want your competitors to know.



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akuma587 on 11 February 2008

Awesome. Will make VG Chartz even more accurate.



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BenKenobi88 on 11 February 2008

I'm confused...I must be stupid with numbers and economics...why shouldn't Valve tell everyone how much money they're making? Or how many digital distribution sales they've made? How could that harm them? I must not be thinking things through.



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ssj12 on 11 February 2008
BenKenobi88 said:
I'm confused...I must be stupid with numbers and economics...why shouldn't Valve tell everyone how much money they're making? Or how many digital distribution sales they've made? How could that harm them? I must not be thinking things through.

 they post their financial reports but they dont tell you download numbers. All we know is there's now over 15 million steam accounts.



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