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Videogame industry sales rose again on a year-over-year basis in July - marking the third straight gain against tough comparisons, following April's decline. Sales rose 10% vs. July 2020, to hit a July record $4.6 billion, according to NPD Group. And that brings year-to-date spending to $33.5...

CasarsaGuru/E+ via Getty Images Consumer spending on videogames in the second quarter eked out a 2% gain against very tough pandemic comps, giving some backup to bullish analysts who believe the year of stay-at-home orders won't just be a flash in the pan for the games industry. Data from NPD...

Konami has benefitted from a combination of lockdown and key regional competitions (Euro 2020 and Copa América) to boost user activity for its 'PES' app. Market expectations for the shares look too high given these tailwinds to drive user activity should be abating. Being too...

Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty Images Videogame sales built on a strong foundation to beat a tough comparison, and tick up in May - a rebound from April, where they logged their first year-over-year decline in 14 months. May 2020 sales had risen 52% from 2019. Now the pro forma comparison fro...

Videogame sales declined on a year-over-year basis for the first time in 14 months in April, as the industry lapped its toughest comparison from the April 2020 sales boom spurred by widespread COVID-19 lockdowns. April 2020's sales had jumped 73% from 2019. This April, overall sales dipped 2%...

The following slide deck was published by Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. in conjunction with their 2020 Q4 earnings call. For further details see: Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. 2020 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

With the first quarter in the books, overall spending on videogames jumped 30% to $14.9B, with the vast majority of that coming through content sales. That points to some lingering upside after a record COVID-19 pandemic year - though some tougher comparisons lie ahead after the lapping of th...

Another month, another sales record for the videogame industry. March figures became the latest in a string of monthly records, logging $5.61B overall industrywide. That figure is up 18% from March 2020, with gains in all categories - notable as the figures are starting to lap COVID-19 pandem...

Japanese gaming firm Nexon (NEXOF) says it invested $874M in companies across the entertainment industry, including Hasbro (HAS), Bandai Namco (NCBDF), Konami (KNMCY) and Sega Sammy (SGAMY). The firm said in a statement that it recorded a $279M unrealized gain on the investments, which are pa...

Videogame sales kept up a string of monthly records in February, hitting an all-time high of $4.6B industrywide for the month. That's up 35% from February 2020, with broad strength in every spending category as the number take advantage of favorable comps for at least one more month (with the...