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After declining four straight months, sales of new video game products at U.S. retail returned to growth in February. Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 8% year over year to $956 million last month, the NPD Group reported late Thursday. The industry segment was helped by strong sales of the latest generation living-room consoles from Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE). Portable game players from Nintendo (NTDOY) also gave a boost. Game hardware sales rose 10% to $378 million. Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 saw sustained momentum in February. After 15 months on the market, Xbox One and PS4 have outsold their predecessors, the Xbox 360 and PS3, by close to 60% in terms of units, NPD analyst Liam Callahan said in a statement. Nintendo’s 3DS handheld device got a boost from the release of “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D,” an exclusive first-party title… Scalper1 News
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