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News Source: MarketWatch
| about 1 year ago
So much for strength in video games," Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel wrote in a note to clients Friday. "After starting off with roughly 40% to 50% growth in the first six months, August video game sales came back down to reality with a hard dose...
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News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
The market researcher reported late Thursday that U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories climbed 9 percent in August to $994.8 million. That is a sharp pullback from July, another seasonally slow month, when game sales...
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News Source: Venture Beat
| about 1 year ago
The torrid growth of the U.S. video game industry came down to earth in August, but the industry still eked out 9 percent sales growth year-over-year, according to market researcher NPD . It doesn’t look like it’s time to panic, but it’s clear...
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News Source: Xtra News
| about 1 year ago
U.S. video games sales rose 9 percent in August from a year earlier, marking the smallest monthly sales increase in more than two years, according to data from research firm NPD on Thursday. U.S. sales of video game hardware, software, and...
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News Source: Belleville News-Democrat
| about 1 year ago
U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 9 percent in August to $994.8 million, boosted by the popularity of the newly released "Madden NFL 09." Americans bought $384.6 million in video game hardware, up 3 percent from a year ago, lead by...
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News Source: The Beacon Herald
| about 1 year ago
Electronic Arts' "Madden NFL 09" entered the chart in third (Xbox 36) and fifth (PlayStation 3), with "Wii Play" sandwiched in fourth. The top 20 featured seven games for the Wii and seven for the Nintendo DS. The Xbox 360 had three titles compared...
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News Source: East Valley Tribune
| about 1 year ago
This week's price cuts on the Xbox 360 console are a smart move by Microsoft...In case you missed the announcement, here's the skinny: The Xbox 360 Arcade dropped from $279 to $199...So now you can get an Xbox 360 Arcade for less than the cost of a...
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News Source: Miami Herald
| about 1 year ago
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News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 year ago
Retailers reported a 100 percent increase in sales for all models compared with the previous weekend, Microsoft said in an e-mailed statement...Friday's price cut gave Microsoft a model that costs less than Nintendo's market-leading Wii for the first...