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p>Everyone, this is wonderful news! The NPD Group reports that the video game industry's performance in the retail sector was up 27 percent year-over year for the month of September: $1.07 billion this year as opposed to $848 million last year.

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p>It's no surprise that the most of the increased revenue came from the industry's software segment, which is also known as "where all that Grand Theft Auto 5 money is stored." September saw a 52 percent jump in physical sales of console and portable software, which was an increase of $497.5 million over the same period last fiscal year. GTA 5 understandably tops the list of September's 10 best-selling games and is followed by Madden NFL 25 and NBA 2k14.

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p>Hardware sales for the period brought in $183.2 million, which is 13 percent fewer millions than were earned in September 2012. The Nintendo 3DS was the fifth month as the best-selling product in the category as well as Wii U sales increased "more than 200 percent" over August, but Nintendo has not provided specific figures for the number of Wii U boxes that works out to. https://hackmd.io/@braincheque9/ByqhVNlbs </p>

p>The PlayStation 3 broke the Xbox 360's streak of long-running and was the most popular console of the time mostly due to the console's Grand Theft Auto 5 bundle according to NPD Group analyst Liam Callahan.

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p>The Accessories segment, which includes giftcards and digital currency vouchers as well as Skylanders/Disney Infinity figures, was flat year-overyear with only a 2 percent increase in sales to $142.3 million.

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p>Update: Microsoft has chimed in with a statement that it had 80 million sales to retailers of the Xbox 360 worldwide in September with console sales reaching $401.2 million. The Xbox 360 was the No. Microsoft claims that the Xbox 360 is the top-selling console in the US. Team, cleverphrasing

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p>Grand Theft Auto 5 (360, PS3)

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p>Madden NFL 25 (360, PS3)

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p>NBA 2k14 (360, PS3, PC)

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p>Diablo 3 (360, PS3, PC)**

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p>FIFA 14 (360, PS3 Vita).

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p>Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix for PS3

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p>Disney Infinity (360, WII, PS3, NWU, 3DS)

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p>NHL 14 (360.

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p>Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)

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p>Saints Row 4 (360, PS3, PC)

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p>Oct. 17, 2013

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p>Nintendo News

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p>Nintendo 3DS Remains No. 1, Wii U Responds Following Price Cut

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p>Nintendo is entering the crucial sales season of the holiday season with strong momentum, as Nintendo 3DS finished as the top-selling video game system in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive month. Wii U enjoyed new momentum following the price cut.

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p>On Oct. 15 Nintendo revealed that Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, which launched globally on October. 12, teamed up to sell more than 4 million units across the globe during its initial two days on the market. A full breakdown of U.S. sales for the games as well as the brand new Nintendo 2DS handheld, which launched on the same day and will be revealed in the coming month's NPD report. Nintendo 3DS gamers have two exciting games in development The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds, and Mario Party: Island Tour.

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p>On September. 20, Nintendo reduced the price of the Wii U Deluxe Set by $50 to an estimated retail price of $299.99 and introduced an exclusive bundle that includes an online download code to get a digital copy of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD. With just 15 days of data recorded at the new price and September Wii U hardware sales increased by more than 200% compared to August. Wii U gamers can look forward to Wii Party U (Oct. 25, Wii Fit U, Nintendo eShop Nov. 1) Mario & Sonic in Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, (Nov. 15), and Super Mario 3D World, (Nov. 22).

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p>*The information on September's physical sales of games is from the NPD Group. Data about digital downloads of games, combined live-to-date numbers for physical and digital games as well as data on digital games come from Nintendo's internal sales figures. All figures, unless otherwise stated, are for the United States only.

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