January video game sales hit $1.18 billion
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software were $1.18 billion in January, down 6 percent from  a year earlier, with Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii console  once again outselling its rivals.
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Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) sold 1.08  million units of its "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" software in 11  days since its January 31 launch in Japan, reaching the 1  million mark faster than any other Wii game, a game magazine  publisher said.
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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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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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The argument that next-generation gaming platforms would expand the video game industry got some added support Monday, as Nielsen reported that it had found video game penetration had increased 18 percent over the past two years.
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The video game maker exceeded Wall Streetâs earnings expectations despite a 38 percent drop in third-quarter sales.
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Steam, the online distribution platform for videogame content, signs up more than 13 million users.
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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.
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Sales at retailers unexpectedly rose  0.3 percent in January, partly reflecting stronger sales of new  cars and gasoline, according to a Commerce Department report on  Wednesday.
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First-person-shooter Call of Duty 4 was last year's biggest selling game, according to sales figures.
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U.S. chain store sales rose in the  first week of January, as larger than average purchases were  the reason for this weeks growth, a report said on Tuesday.
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Post-holiday clearance sales and gift-card redemptions boosted January sales at major U.S. retailers, but the harsh winter weather that hit the Northeast and Midwest late in the month capped consumers' spending.
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software in June rose 31 percent from a year ago, driven by  stronger demand for gaming consoles from all three major  industry players, market data showed on Monday.
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Video games are so popular that even books about them are selling well. Hint-filled strategy guides now can sell more than 1 million copies, and long-awaited games are being given the kind of "making of" treatment typically bestowed on blockbuster movies.
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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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U.S. sales of video-game hardware  and software jumped more than 50 percent in November, driven by  record purchases of Nintendo Co Ltd's  Wii console and  several new blockbuster games, industry data showed on  Thursday.
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The Nintendo Wii continues to be a consumer favorite, according to sales data for January released by the NPD Group Wednesday. Meanwhile, the aging PlayStation 2 edged out the Xbox 360 for the number two spot.