Video games a sales winner in '07
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DVD sales might have  slipped in 2007, but another key segment of the home  entertainment market had a banner year: video games.
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U.S. sales of video games and  hardware jumped 46 percent in August from a year earlier, with  Microsoft Corp  seeing sales of its Xbox 360 console  shoot up after a price cut.
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Video game makers are intent on winning the hearts and cash of those that prefer trivia, puzzles, mysteries, music or virtual zaniness to animated warfare.
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Shares of the leading video game software publishers traded higher Friday despite mixed November sales. US sales of console games -- those made for Sony&#39;s (SNE:NYSE - news - research) PlayStation 2, Microsoft&#39;s
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The top game this year was Electronic Arts' "Madden NFL 08" for the Xbox 360, which sold 897,000 units.
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Absent sales from the killer titles published by Microsoft and Rockstar, November sales would have dropped more than 20 percent. With the two, revenues rose 11 percent.
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Video games are great back-to-school items -- and they're also great investments.
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Video game sales soared to a record  $18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on  pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and  2006, a new study showed on Wednesday.
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Despite an expected cyclical downturn in sales, the video game industry is poised to enjoy a record-breaking holiday season.
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Video game sales soared to a record &#36;18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and 2006, a new study showed on Wednesday.
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The dollars were flying in 2007, whether it was from gamers grabbing for Halo and Guitar Hero, or Vivendi shelling out for Activision.
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The last 12 months have been one of the best years in video game history, both critically and commercially.
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Video game retailer posts strong results leading into holiday quarter.
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Sales of video games rose about 11  percent in the United States in November, analysts said on  Friday, with two key titles responsible for almost 30 percent  of all games sold in the month.
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Electronic Arts Inc.'s ERTS.O   "Madden NFL 07" football video game dominated sales charts in   August, market research firm NPD Group said on Monday.
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Microsoft Corp  sold 4.3  million Xbox 360 video game consoles in the last three months  of 2007, helped by hit titles such as "Halo 3" and "Mass  Effect," according to company data released on Thursday.
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Electronic Arts Inc.  on  Thursday said "Madden NFL 07" turned in the best first-week  performance in the 17-year history of the football video game  series with unit sales topping 2 million.