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According to NPD sales data, retail sales of U.S. video games, which includes portable and console hardware, software and accessories, remained largely unchanged over the previous year's record-breaking performance. The console industry saw sales figures fall 2.7 percent to $10 billion in 2003 compared to $10.3 billion in 2002.
[edit] Revenues
- Total - $10 billion (-2.7% YOY) ($11.2 billion including PC games)
- Software - $5.8 billion
[edit] Top 10 software sales
2003 Top 10 Console Video Game Titles, Sorted By Units
RANK TITLE PLATFORM PUBLISHER RELEASE ARP
DATE
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1 MADDEN NFL 2004 PS2 ELECTRONIC ARTS AUG'03 $49
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2 POKEMON RUBY GBA NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR'03 $31
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3 POKEMON SAPPHIRE GBA NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR'03 $31
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NEED SPEED:
4 UNDERGROUND PS2 ELECTRONIC ARTS NOV'03 $49
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ZELDA: THE WIND
5 WAKER GCN NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR'03 $47
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GRAND THEFT AUTO:
6 VICE CITY PS2 ROCKSTAR GAMES OCT'02 $41
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7 MARIO KART: DOUBLE GCN NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV'03 $49
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TONY HAWK
8 UNDERGROUND PS2 ACTIVISION OCT'03 $47
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9 ENTER THE MATRIX PS2 ATARI MAY'03 $46
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10 MEDAL HONOR RISING PS2 ELECTRONIC ARTS NOV'03 $49
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Source: The NPD Group / NPD Funworld(R) / TRSTS(R)
[edit] Top 10 PC games
Source
1 - THE SIMS: SUPERSTAR EXPANSION PACK - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
2 - THE SIMS DELUXE - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 - COMMAND & CONQUER: GENERALS - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 - WARCRAFT III: FROZEN THRONE EXPANSION PACK - WIN - VIVENDI
5 - THE SIMS: MAKIN' MAGIC EXPANSION PACK - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 - THE SIMS: UNLEASHED EXPANSION PACK - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 - SIM CITY 4 - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 - CALL OF DUTY - WIN - ACTIVISION
9 - MS AGE OF MYTHOLOGY - WIN - MICROSOFT
10 - BATTLEFIELD 1942 - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
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