Wii and PS3 Boom in Nov, 360 Holds Steady
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Nintendo DS was the top selling system last month shifting an impressive 1.5 million units according to NPD.
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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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By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 9--November was a good month for Nintendo -- and for the video game industry as a whole.
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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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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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Nintendo&#39;s runaway surprise hit, the Wii gaming console, continued its strong performance last month, particularly in the Far East. According to Reuters, research by the marketing firm Enterbrain showed that the Wii outsold the high-end Sony PlayStation 3 by a ratio of more than six to one. In the four weeks ending June 24, Nintendo sold more than 270,000 Wiis, compared to Sony&#39;s sales of just over 41,000 units. Microsoft&#39;s Xbox 360 was a distant third, with just under 18,000 units sold.
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Another video game system arrived to long lines at stores, but more customers went home satisfied Sunday clutching a new Nintendo Wii.  The $250 Wii joins more expensive competitors, the Sony PlayStation 3 ($500-$600), which quickly sold out when launched Friday, and the year-old Microsoft Xbox 360 ($300-$400), in a battle of the next generation game systems.
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An analyst writes... It may take another four years for the Sony PlayStation 3's sales to catch up with those of Nintendo's Wii, a games market analyst has claimed.â¦
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Microsoft Corp.   said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its  Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it  would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. (6758.T) for  the PlayStation 3.
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Nintendo Co Ltd's  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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Yes, it was a good weekend for the Wii, though not so joyous for some shoppers. Reports from around the U.S. indicate that Nintendo's new game console, which competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, sold out quickly. Many would-be buyers went home empty-handed, in spite of braving long lines and cold weather to purchase the much coveted game console.
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Video game retailer posts strong results leading into holiday quarter.
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Nintendo Co.&#39;s (7974.OS) Wii game console  outsold Sony Corp.&#39;s (6758.T) PlayStation 3 by more than five  to one in Japan last month, according to XFN-Asia.
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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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The U.S. sales of Microsoft Corp.'s   new Xbox 360 video game console during its first 13  months in stores were 6 percent higher than comparable sales of  the original Xbox, market research group NPD said on Thursday.
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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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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   top-selling Wii, market research firm NPD said on  Thursday.