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Microsoft’s (MSFT) lower-priced Xbox One video game console and Ubisoft’s conspiracy-themed action-adventure game “Watch Dogs” helped push U.S. retail video game sales to their fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth in June. Domestic retail sales of new game hardware, software and accessories rose 24% to $736.4 million last month, research firm NPD Group reported late Thursday. Game hardware sales alone jumped 106% from the same month last year to $292.7 million. Strong sales of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox One and Sony’s (SNE) PlayStation 4 living-room consoles helped to offset declines in portable game hardware in June, NPD analyst Liam Callahan said in a statement. “Combined sales of Xbox One and PS4 are over 80% higher than the combined totals for Xbox 360 and PS3 — an indication of the strength of the start of this new console generation,” Callahan said. Microsoft said Wednesday that U.S. sales of its Xbox One console more than… Scalper1 News
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