US video games sales hit record
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New games and consoles helped drive US video game sales to a record last year, figures show.
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U.S. video games sales totaled $17.9 billion last year (a record), up from $13.5 billion in 2006, thanks to shiny new consoles and a slew of great games.
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According to Nielsen Wireless and Interactive Services, the number of video game consoles in U.S. households has expanded by 18.5 percent since the fourth quarter of 2004.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s  Wii  was the best-selling video game console in the United States in  January, and the Japanese company also boasted four of the top  10 games, data released on Wednesday showed.
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Data from NPD indicates that video games and hardware sales in the US were up 46 percent in August from the previous year.
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The video game Halo 2 is expected to gross $75 million US in sales over the next 24 hours, with a &quot;midnight madness&quot; release similar to the opening of a blockbuster film.
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Sales of video games in the UK are at an all-time high, with more than 78 million titles sold in 2007.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  sold 476,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the United States in November, more than twice the number of PlayStation 3s sold by rival Sony Corp. , as the two consoles debuted mid-month, research group NPD said on Friday.
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Ticket sales at the US box office reached a record high in 2004, despite a fall in the number of moviegoers.
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NEW YORK -- Nintendo Co. Ltd. sold 500,000 Nintendo DS video game devices during the first week of sales in US stores for the new handheld featuring two screens for game playing, the Japanese game maker said Wednesday.
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Sales of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game  console surpassed one million units in Japan in about eight  months after its launch, more than four times as long as it  took Nintendo's hot-selling Wii to reach the same mark.
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In December, Nintendo had its biggest month ever with the hot-selling game system. Holiday shoppers bought 1.4 million Wiis, according to sales data released Thursday by the NPD Group. The Wii's success helped drive the video game industry to a record-setting $17.9 billion in sales, about 43% higher than 2006's $12.5 billion, which was also a record.
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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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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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Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii  held on to its spot as the No. 1 video game console in the  United States in November, selling 981,000 units, industry data  showed on Thursday.
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SAN FRANCISCO &#151; Electronic Arts Inc. exceeded Wall Street's earnings expectations Thursday despite fiscal third-quarter sales that dropped 38 percent, thanks to brisk holiday sales of video games used on the Sony Playstation 3.
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Video game retailer posts strong results leading into holiday quarter.