   Video game sales stats
  Hi,I couldn''t find a suitable forum on Gamedev to post this... I suppose here is as good a place as any.. I am doing some research for univeristy and I need to get hold of some statistics showing what type of video games have been sold over the last year or so and to what types of people.Eg. 12% of game bought in 2003 were adventure games, 40% of purchasers were under the age of 18...Can anyone put me in the right direction?Thanks    How come my sister has 3 brothers and I''''ve only got 2? 
  To get the good information, you need to pay. Here, for a fee you can find out just about everything you need to know (They do post titbits of information every now and again for free). Its worth it.If you don't want to pay, and you don't need too much information you can try, www.gamestats.com. I doubt you'll find everything you need there but its probably the closest you'll get, for free. Good luck.[edited by - tiffany_smith on February 6, 2004 12:12:22 PM];  That kind of statistics is incredibly hard to find. From my experience even data from NPD Funworld can be a little suspect. NPD Funworld is incredibly expensive, however if you know exactly what data you want for what games, you might be able to email them and negotiate a lower fee for that data only. Best thing to do is find someone who works at a publishing company and ask them to get the data for you. ;  Most publishers get their info from NPD, so its not likely to be suspect information. It is very expensive, but it is worth it if you need accurate information. I don''t see a publisher giving you that information fro free though, but I guess its worth a try. ;  I should have elaborated more...NPD doesnt cover every video game, and they dont continue to cover every video game forever. Some games they suddenly stop reporting on. So the numbers NPD Funworld gives you, while correct, might not paint the correct picture. For example, apparently NPD Funworld stopped record data for Sky Odyssey for the PS2 almost immediately after it came out. 