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Video Game Sales Break Records

Posted by RangerLG on 24 January 2008 - 20:03 · 6 comments & 8168 views

NPD Group reports a record-breaking year in video game sales. Video game sales topped $17 billion last year, according to the NPD Group, making 2007 by far the biggest year in gaming history. These numbers mark a 43 percent increase year over year, solidifying the games industry's strong lead in growth over movie box office revenue, which totaled $9.7 billion at a 4 percent increase. Holiday shoppers made December the most lucrative month of all. Sales of both the Wii and Xbox 360 were strong, but it was the Nintendo DS that posted the biggest December totals, with a staggering 2.5 million systems ending up under trees nationwide. Over on the PS3, December saw a strong rise, but the more expensive system still tailed its competition. No prizes for guessing the top-selling game of the year, though: Halo 3 wound up shifting just short of 5 million copies.

News source: Yahoo! Entertainment

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#1 Posted by Nose Nuggets on 24 Jan 2008 - 20:21: expect this to continue for the next decade. it will be another year of this before big business's want a piece and it either a) goes to hell in a hand basket due to bureaucracy (which we already see. EA anyone?) or b) the surge of disposable income in an attempt to make a dime floods the market even more with crap. c) we see better games.

i would put my money on B, personally.

#2 Posted by OblivionStalker on 24 Jan 2008 - 20:23: I vote for c. There are many great games coming this year.

(2 replies) #3 Posted by biko on 24 Jan 2008 - 21:37: Hah, and the video game developers complain about piracy.

#4 Posted by nitroxhotshot on 25 Jan 2008 - 10:26: theres been some bloody good games out this year though, loving the halo 3, assasins creed, mass effect and pro evo 2008! really good stuff about, and theres plenty more coming this year!

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