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Improved Software Sales During First Half '02
NPD, July 31, 2002

That dollar sales of retail computer software achieved healthy gains in the first half of 2002 compared with the first half of 2001, with significant revenue growth in business and games categories. In the overall retail software market, software dollar sales approached the $3 billion mark, improving five percent when compared with the same period in 2001.

First Quarter 2002 Video Games Fact Sheet
NPDTechworldS - May, 20, 2002

Q1 '02 Versus Q1 '01 Dollar Sales for the Total U.S. Video Game Industry

2001 Game Sales and Graphs
IDSA - April 2002

At the end of last year, about 46% of all U.S. households owned at least one video game console. And it is estimated that by 2005 game consoles will be in nearly 70 million American homes.

New figures published today by ELSPA, sourced from Chart Track, show a continuing increase in sales of computer games in the UK with 11 million units of software sold in the first quarter of 2002. This is a 6 per cent rise on the same period last year. The value of games sold, across all formats, rose by 20% from £219 million in the first quarter of 2001 to £262 million in the first quarter of this year.

New figures released today by The European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) show that UK sales of video games and other leisure software products and games consoles reached an all time high in year 2001 with sales values reaching just over £1.6 billion, a massive 36% increase on the previous year. 51.2 million units of games hardware and software were sold during the twelve months, 21% up on the previous year. And the upward trend is set to continue this year with launches of two new consoles, the Game Cube from Nintendo and the Xbox from Microsoft.

POSITIVE IMPACT OF NEW GAMING CONSOLE SYSTEMS ADDS TO AN ALREADY PROFITABLE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY
NPD - December 19, 2001

While the entire industry experienced substantial growth, the next generation console category (Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox) took in the largest amount of revenue, showing an increase of 436 percent in dollar sales versus last year.

U.S. VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY AHEAD OF ITS GAME DESPITE RECESSION
NPD-  November 19, 2001

Year 2001 Could Be a Record Breaker -  Despite a weakening economy, retail dollar sales of U.S. video game hardware, software and accessories increased 33 percent year-to-date (January-September) 2001, compared to the same time last year. Unit sales of video game hardware, software and accessories also rose 12 percent from January to September 2001, compared to the same time last year.

U.S. VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SHOW SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN FIRST HALF 2001
NPD July 26, 2001

Retail sales of U.S. video game hardware, software and accessories increased 28% during the first half of 2001 (January–June), compared to the same time last year, according to leading marketing information provider, The NPD Group, Inc. Unit sales of video game hardware, software and accessories also rose 11% during the first half of 2001 vs. first half 2000.

NPD REPORTS STRONG LAUNCH FOR NEW, PORTABLE VIDEO GAME SYSTEM, GAME BOY ADVANCE
NPD- June 27, 2001

Leading marketing information provider, The NPD Group, Inc., today reported TRSTS video game sales of Game Boy Advance (GBA) for launch week, June 10 through June 16, 2001. The much-anticipated portable console system earned approximately $45 million in revenue in its first week at retail.

The latest edition of The European Leisure Software Publishers Association’s (ELSPA’s) annual report on the interactive leisure software market, which is published today, shows a global market continuing to grow at a faster rate than any other form of entertainment media and in defiance of previous cyclical trends.

New figures released today by The European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) and ChartTrack will bring a smile to the faces of games company executives and also to consumer groups. UK sales of video games and other leisure software products reached an all time high in year 2000 with over 39.5 million units sold - 16% up on the previous year and 32% up on 1998 sales

REPORTS U.S. VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY SALES DECLINE FOR THE YEAR 2000
NPD - January 17, 2001

Annual 2000 sales totalled $6.5 billion in 2000sales for total U.S video game market that includes console and portable hardware, software, and accessories vs. an all-time high of $6.9 billion in 1999.

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In the most extensive survey ever of the UK and European leisure software market, the new Screen Digest Report (Interactive Leisure Software Market Assessment and Forecasts 1999 -2003) records 1999 as another record year for UK sales of leisure software and associated hardware. Total spending on hardware and software in the UK reached almost £1.4 billion, 10 per cent up on 1998.

UK leisure software market shows strong upward trend ahead of expectations. 1999 Sales Value Expected to be More Than Double the 1996 Total