Gaming industry sales grow by 43% in 2007
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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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HONG KONG - China&#39;s consumer electronics industry is projected to reach $49.6 billion in sales this year, growing by more than 20 percent annually to reach $94 billion in 2007, according to a report from Global Sources Ltd.
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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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Video games with online  components bring in more than twice the revenue as those played  offline, a research firm said in a report to be published on  Thursday.
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software jumped 75 percent in September, driven by  Microsoft Corp's  "Halo 3" and Nintendo Co Ltd's   Wii console.
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Global sales of servers, powerful computers used by large companies, rose 7.7 percent in the second quarter to $11.55 billion (6.4 billion pounds) as demand for information technology remained strong after a three-year downturn
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Shoppers in America spend more than $6 billion a year on video games according to a Software Association survey. Holiday sales bring an extra boost to game
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People in the UK are buying and playing more games than ever before, a report has found.
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Total video game sales (hardware and software) through  October was $10.5 billion, compared with $7 billion for the  same period last year, according to data from NPD Group.
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software rose 28 percent in December from a year earlier as  holiday shoppers snapped up new consoles like Nintendo Co Ltd's  (7974.OS) top-selling Wii, market research firm NPD said on  Thursday.
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U.S. sales of video-game hardware and software jumped more than 50 percent in November, driven by record purchases of Nintendoâ Wii console and several new blockbuster games.
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Casino gaming revenue in Nevada   increased 8.4 percent in July from the same period last year,   the state Gaming Control Board said on Tuesday.
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Games aimed at "casual players" are set to be even bigger in 2005, according to industry experts.
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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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General Motors Corp  said on Thursday its global sales rose 4 percent to a record 2.38 million cars and trucks in the third quarter of 2007, driven by strong demand in emerging markets.
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U.S. video game industry sales growth is expected to slow in 2008 as accelerated demand for software is tempered by a decline in hardware revenue, the Consumer Electronics Association said on Saturday.
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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.