Microsoft says Xbox sales hit 17.7 million units
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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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Microsoft Corp  posted a 7  percent gain in net profit as demand for its Office software  and improved results from its online arm more than compensated  for a $1.1 billion charge to repair Xbox video game consoles.
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Halo 2 broke entertainment retail records in its first 24 hours. Microsoft Game Studios said that the video game sold through 2.4 million stores in the US and Canada raking in $125 million in sales.
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Microsoft Corp.'s alien-killer gaming thrill, "Halo 3," has broken the U.S. sales record for a new video game by garnering an estimated US$170 million in its first 24-hours on sale, the company said late Wednesday.
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The Los Angeles story headlined "Microsoft's Xbox 360 US  sales top first Xbox--NPD" is withdrawn because the data  supporting the story may be inaccurate. Reuters is waiting for  an update from the company. A new story may be issued.
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Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O  blockbuster action video game "Halo 2" have reached 6.4 million  units worldwide, Microsoft said on Thursday.
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TORONTO (CP) - North American sales of Halo 2 reached $125 million US in the first 24 hours of the video game&#39;s release, according to Xbox parent company Microsoft.
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Microsoft Corp's &lt;MSFT.O&gt; "Halo 3" video game set an opening-day U.S. sales record of $170 million, outdoing any video game or movie debut and giving the company's money-losing entertainment unit a strong boost toward profitability.
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Microsoft Corp  posted a 7 percent gain in net profit as demand for its Office software and improved results from its online arm more than compensated for a $1.1 billion charge to repair Xbox game consoles.
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Strong sales of new and old products alike led Microsoft to its fastest first-quarter growth in seven years with the company reporting growth in all five business segments and both revenue and EPS (earnings per share) that beat analyst expectations.
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Microsoft Corp   expects to sell more Xbox 360 consoles in 2008 than in 2007,  with Europe standing out as a key battleground for dominance in  the $30 billion video game industry.
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On October 11 Microsoft will launch its Xbox 360 Elite in Japan, where Xbox sales are lagging.
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Microsoft Corp. said its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 23 percent compared to last year, bolstered by brisk sales of the new "Halo 3" video game, Windows and Office.
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Microsoft said Thursday that it had surpassed $50 billion in annual revenue, while saying quarterly profits were up seven percent on brisk Vista sales.
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BREAKING NEWS - In early numbers from Microsoft prior to its quarterly financial results call to analysts this afternoon, the company reported revenue gains of 27% annually to $13.76 billion, and net income nicely higher by 23% annually to $4.29 billion, in what the company is calling its fastest first quarter of growth since 1999.
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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.
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The Redmond, Wash.-based company said it earned $2.9 billion, or 27 cents per share, on revenue of $9.19 billion for the three months ended Sept.