Gaming industry sales grow by 43% in 2007 |
| USA Today - Jan 18, 2008 |
t's official: 2007 was the year of the Wii.
In December, Nintendo had its biggest month ever with the hot-selling game system. Holiday shoppers bought 1.4 million Wiis, according to sales data released Thursday by the NPD Group. The Wii's success helped drive the video game industry to a record-setting $17.9 billion in sales, about 43% higher than 2006's $12.5 billion, which was also a record.
The Wii's competitors among the latest generation of console game systems, the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3, also had their best months ever in December. Microsoft sold nearly 1.3 million 360s (bringing total U.S. sales to 8.5 million), while Sony sold about 800,000 PS3s (2.8 million total). Wii's total U.S. sales reached 6.3 million.
And hot-selling games such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4 each sold more than 2 million copies in December alone.
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- Posted: 2008-01-18 09:32:28
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