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Report: November U.S. Game Sales Down 18%; 325,902 Xbox 360s Sold

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2005 - 10:42am.
New York - U.S. video game sales were down 18% in November compared with a year ago, despite the launch of Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console during the month, according to data from market research firm NPD Group. The reissued figures from NPD -- which previously had estimated just a 4% drop -- indicated that there will also likely be a decline in game sales for the overall fourth quarter. NPD also reported that 325,902 Xbox 360 consoles were sold during November in the U.S., where retailers remain short on supply; the device went on sale Nov. 22. Overall, the top-selling games during November were "Star Wars Battlefront II" and "Madden NFL 06," while the top-selling Xbox 360 game was by far Activision's "Call of Duty 2". A total of 1.27 million games for the Xbox 360 were sold during November, or 3.9 per console, as compared with the 2.4 games per console sold during the launch of the original Xbox.
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Report: "Halo 2," "Grand Theft Auto" Push November Game Sales Up 11%

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 10, 2004 - 3:17am.
Los Angeles -- U.S. video game sales grew 11% in November, with two titles accounting for 30% of all games sold during the month, according to a Reuters report that cited data from NPD Group. Without 3.3 million in sales for Microsoft's "Halo 2" and 1.5 million for Take-Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," overall sales would have fallen 21% during November, compared with last year's figures. Even with the two top-sellers, November game sales growth was still lower than what analysts had expected. The NPD data also showed that sales of Microsoft's Xbox console grew 52% compared with November 2003, while Sony's PlayStation 2 saw an 18% decline.
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