EA’s ‘Titanfall’ leads U.S. video game market to growth

By | May 16, 2014

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The Electronic Arts (EA) sci-fi combat game “Titanfall” dominated the U.S. video game sales chart for the second straight month in April. The EA STOCK[EA]])game and next-generation consoles helped drive domestic retail video game sales to their third consecutive month of year-over-year growth. Overall sales of video game hardware, software and accessories at U.S. retail rose 17% year over year to $580 million last month, the NPD Group reported late Thursday. Thanks to new consoles from Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT), game hardware sales were up 76% to $193 million in April. Sony’s PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console for the fourth straight month, followed by Microsoft’s Xbox One, NPD reported. Both next-gen consoles were released in late November.   Scalper1 News

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