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Saw over at Evil Avatar's that the LATimes has posted an aritcle with some sales numbers(free registration required)-
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-games6dec06,0,1561262.story?coll=la-headlines-business
No XBox or GameCube numbers unfortunately. Sounds like a very good year for the industry as a whole. Half a million and three quarters of a million in one week is quite impressive.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-games6dec06,0,1561262.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Driving sales of games are the popularity of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Co.'s Game Boy Advance. Sony sold nearly 533,000 consoles during the Thanksgiving week, or 60% more than in the same period last year. That brought the total number of PlayStation 2s in North America to 14.5 million, according to Sony spokeswoman Molly Smith. Sony estimated that it would see sales of 20 million PlayStation 2s by March 31.
Also moving briskly was the Game Boy Advance, which sold 1 million units in the 10 days ending Sunday. Year-to-date sales of the hand-held system are up 140%, according to Nintendo spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan.
The IEMA projection of $12 billion in total sales, which includes software and console revenue, compares with less than $10 billion last year. By comparison, Hollywood box-office receipts last year totaled $8.4 billion.
No XBox or GameCube numbers unfortunately. Sounds like a very good year for the industry as a whole. Half a million and three quarters of a million in one week is quite impressive.