wraggster
November 30th, 2011, 00:15
<CENTER style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT: 14px/22px 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/11/jd31129.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/npd-sales-of-dancing-games-up-326-over-last-year/)</CENTER>In the US, dancing game sales are up 326% percent year over year, the NPD told the LA Times. That's for the 12-month period ending October 31. Compare that with overall game sales, which rose 3%.
Of course, at the end of October last year, Just Dance 2 had only started selling (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/october-npd-nba-2k11-tops-charts-xbox-360-best-selling-consol/). Since then, it's been doing very well (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/just-dance-2-just-broke-5-million-copies-sold-in-the-us/) for itself, and has been followed by several spinoffs, including Just Dance Kids (http://joystiq.com/game/just-dance-kids) (and its sequel (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/22/just-dance-kids-2-shakes-it-all-about-this-october/)!), Michael Jackson: The Experience (http://joystiq.com/game/michael-jackson-the-experience), The Black Eyed Peas Experience (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/26/finally-ubisoft-announces-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-for-ki/), Just Dance 2 Summer Party (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/24/just-dance-2-throwing-a-summer-party-on-july-21/), and, of course, Just Dance 3 (http://joystiq.com/game/just-dance-3).
Too damn many Just Dance games can't claim all the credit for the growth in dancing-machine sales. Dance Central is at somewhere over 2.5 million units (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/18/dance-central-sales-step-up-to-2-5m-kinect-sports-kickin-it-wi/), and it's been followed by a sequel (http://joystiq.com/game/dance-central-2); Zumba Fitness (http://joystiq.com/game/zumba-fitness) has been a phenomenon, and Sony's Everybody Dance (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/11/sony-launching-new-move-bundle-ps3-with-everybody-dance/) is also available.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/npd-sales-of-dancing-games-up-326-over-last-year/
Of course, at the end of October last year, Just Dance 2 had only started selling (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/october-npd-nba-2k11-tops-charts-xbox-360-best-selling-consol/). Since then, it's been doing very well (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/just-dance-2-just-broke-5-million-copies-sold-in-the-us/) for itself, and has been followed by several spinoffs, including Just Dance Kids (http://joystiq.com/game/just-dance-kids) (and its sequel (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/22/just-dance-kids-2-shakes-it-all-about-this-october/)!), Michael Jackson: The Experience (http://joystiq.com/game/michael-jackson-the-experience), The Black Eyed Peas Experience (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/26/finally-ubisoft-announces-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-for-ki/), Just Dance 2 Summer Party (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/24/just-dance-2-throwing-a-summer-party-on-july-21/), and, of course, Just Dance 3 (http://joystiq.com/game/just-dance-3).
Too damn many Just Dance games can't claim all the credit for the growth in dancing-machine sales. Dance Central is at somewhere over 2.5 million units (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/18/dance-central-sales-step-up-to-2-5m-kinect-sports-kickin-it-wi/), and it's been followed by a sequel (http://joystiq.com/game/dance-central-2); Zumba Fitness (http://joystiq.com/game/zumba-fitness) has been a phenomenon, and Sony's Everybody Dance (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/11/sony-launching-new-move-bundle-ps3-with-everybody-dance/) is also available.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/npd-sales-of-dancing-games-up-326-over-last-year/