Video Game Consoles Gain Ground in U.S. Homes
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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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THE newest piece of hardware in the video game wars, the Nintendo DS hand-held console, arrived in stores last month, out to prove that two is better than one, in more ways than one.
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By Sam Lagrone, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 9--On a recent trip to my local game-monger, I noticed something odd  in the window: PlayStation 3s for sale.   No line, no hysteria, no clawing, no unwashed people waiting for days.
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Recent launches of new video game  consoles from Sony (6758.T), Microsoft  and Nintendo  (7974.OS) are benefiting game maker Electronic Arts Inc.  , which is aiming to garner 20 percent of total game  sales, according to Barron's.
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Cutting-edge game units, TVs, satellite receivers, camcorders and more are introduced.
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The new portable video-game machine from Nintendo Co. is selling briskly in both the United States and Japan and the company is well on its way to reaching a target of selling 5 million units by April next year.
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The game console is expected to appeal to a wider variety of consumers.
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North American gamers get their hands on Sony's PlayStation 3 games console after queuing for days.
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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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Rival video game console makers and leading software designers are in California to show off what they hope will be this year&#39;s blockbuster titles in the multi-billion-dollar industry.
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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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Nintendo&#39;s Wii is still holding the top spot in its home country, but Sony&#39;s PlayStation 3 is gaining ground on the low-cost console. According to Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain, Nintendo sold 245,653 Wii consoles during the four weeks ending August 26. Sony sold 81,541 units of the PS3 during that same period.
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Tantalizing new games for Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, and Microsoft Xbox 360 are on the horizon.
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The heated competition between the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii for home console dominance has yielded surprisingly few great games this year. But I can still name 10 of this yearâs games that thrilled me to the core.
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Video games aren't just for the kids anymore. More than one in three U.S. adults who go online, or 37 percent, own a video game console and 16 percent own a portable gaming device, Nielsen//NetRatings said on Tuesday.
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Fueled by the success of Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft's "Halo 3," more video games were sold in the U.S. in 2007 than in any other year, with retail sales hitting $17.94 billion, according to the NPD Group.
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Gamers were standing in line for days in cities across the country to be among the first owners of the Sony PlayStation 3.