Music titles boost video game business in 2007
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Total video game sales (hardware and software) through  October was $10.5 billion, compared with $7 billion for the  same period last year, according to data from NPD Group.
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Video game sales soared to a record  $18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on  pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and  2006, a new study showed on Wednesday.
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If the video game industry is beginning to rake in revenue that rivals the movie industry, it's also beginning to accumulate Hollywood-like headaches.
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The fastest growing genre in video games is "brain training," a genre no one had even heard of before last year. But it only takes one smash hit &#151; in this case, Nintendo's "Brain Age" &#151; to launch an armada of imitators.
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Music, always big in Grand Theft Auto titles, will be front and centre in the upcoming Rockstar Games title Grant Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Video game sales soared to a record $18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on pause as players await a new generation of consoles.
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Video games are great back-to-school items -- and they're also great investments.
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The success of the video game Rock Band  is drumming up revenue for the music industry.\
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It is a dark time for record labels  and mainstream radio, but the people who pick music for video  games say there has never been a better time to be an aspiring  rock star.
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Topping the list of prospective best sellers in 2007 is Halo 3, followed by Madden NFL 08, and Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Fueled by the success of Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft's "Halo 3," more video games were sold in the U.S. in 2007 than in any other year, with retail sales hitting $17.94 billion, according to the NPD Group.
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Some claim that video games help kids hone real musical chops and interest in the instrument.
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The UK games market grew by 100% compared to a 30% rise in cinema takings and a 4.5% drop in music sales between 1997 and 2003. Send your views.
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DENVER (Billboard) - After 2006 -- a year when virtually no  one managed to launch a digital music service in competition  with Apple's dominant iTunes -- 2007 was a refreshing change of  pace.
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Ads in video games are becoming a lucrative area for firms trying to reach young people.
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Microsoft Corp sold 4.3 million  Xbox 360 video game consoles in the last three months of 2007,  helped by hit titles such as "Halo 3" and "Mass Effect,"  according to company data released on Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Sales of video games rose about 11 percent in the United States in November, analysts said on Friday, with two key titles responsible for almost 30 percent of all games sold in the month.