Home video game shipments hit record high in 2007

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Shipments of Japanese home video game consoles and software in Japan and abroad in 2007 jumped 79.9% from the previous year to 2,936.4 billion yen, marking a record high, an industry group said Monday.

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Shipments of game consoles sharply increased by 117.9% to 2,087.8 billion yen, and game software shipments rose 25.9% to 848.7 billion yen, according to the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association.

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Brisk sales of Nintendo Co’s Wii console and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc’s PlayStation 3 machine, both of which were released in late 2006, boosted the shipments, association officials said.

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Shipments of portable player increased steadily.

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The software market was led by Nintendo’s popular game titles Wii Sports and Wii Play, the officials said.

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