Nintendo 64 wins big share.(accounts for 51% of video-game console sales in September 1996)(Brief Article)
HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, November, 1996 by Lieber, Ed
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Nintendo 64, introduced in late September, accounted for 51 percent of all video game console units sold that month, according to the TRSTS Video Games report, published by The NPD Group, a market researcher.
The report is based on point-of-sale tracking information provided to NPD by a panel of 19 retail chains accounting for 65 percent of industry sales. The report covers the period from Sept. 1 through Oct. 5, 1996.
"This is especially impressive given the fact that the system was only available for the last several days of the five-week period," said Ryan Brock of NPD TRSTS. "Based on early sales, it looks like this system will be a winner. This could really impact the industry, as video games increasingly go head to head with...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
