SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software Inc’s "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii console stole the show.

The popularity of "Grand Theft Auto 4," however, failed to boost sales of Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3, which both saw unit shipments fall sharply from the previous month.

While it’s quite a feat, it’s notable that it still isn’t the system seller that Sony is looking for. To be fair, it did nothing for Microsoft’s hardware figures either.

Read

1 Comment

  1. by » Grand Theft Auto IV Boosts Game Sales To 47 Percent, on May 18 2008 @ 8:15 am

     

    [...] Kotaku, the Gamerâ??s Guide wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptGrand Theft Auto IV Boosts Game Sales To 47 Percent Posted on 2008 under News, PS3, Xbox 360 | No Comment 18 May SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software Inc’s “Grand Theft Auto 4″ and Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii console stole the show. The popularity of “Grand Theft Auto 4,” however, failed to boost sales of Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3, which both saw unit shipme [...]

Comment RSS

 

About Author

Welcome to Zeroinitiate.com. Here you’ll find gaming news, previews, reviews along with the occasional guide/walkthrough. This site is what you get when you mix writing and gaming. Aside from informing you about the latest news and updates, we’ll throw in our thoughts as well. Of course, feel free to add your own via the comments section.

Read more>>

Resources

  • We'll gather resources soon!

Meta