CCS Insight: global shipments of VR and AR devices fell 12%+ YoY to 9.6M in 2022; NPD: US annual sales of VR headsets fell 2% YoY to $1.1B as of early December
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC :
Roku says Roku OS-powered smart TVs held 38% market share in the US and 31% in Canada in 2020, according to NPD
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable :
Roku says Roku OS-powered smart TVs held 38% market share in the US and 31% in Canada in 2020, according to NPD
Earlier in the week, Roku revealed that they had surpassed 50 million active users. One of the biggest areas of growth has come from Roku OS-powered Smart TVs.
Association of American Publishers: audiobooks revenue is up 17%+ YoY, e-book sales are up 16%+; NPD BookScan says US print book sales are up ~8% in 2020
With people stuck at home and so many other activities shut down, a lot of reading — or at least a lot of book buying — happened this year. Tweets: @nytimesbooks , @nytimesbooks , @pamelapaulnyt , @fi...
NPD: sales of portable power packs for mobile devices doubled between July 10 and July 23 compared to same period a year ago, likely due to Pokémon Go
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
NPD: sales of portable power packs for mobile devices doubled between July 10 and July 23 compared to same period a year ago, likely due to Pokémon Go
Early on in the Pokémon Go hype cycle, there were signs that players were driving a significant uptick in sales of backup batteries …