In 2004, the total U.S. sales of video game hardware, software and accessories was $9.9 billion compared with $10 billion in 2003. Total software sales rose 8 percent over the previous year to $6.2 billion. Additionally, sales of portable software titles exceeded $1 billion for the first time. Hardware sales were down 27 percent for the year due in part to shortages during the holiday season and price reductions from all systems.
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Best-selling video games of 2004 in the United States
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Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
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PS2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony. The PS2 console is the sequel to the original PlayStation console. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation series of video game...
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Rockstar Games Rockstar Games is a video game developer and publisher owned by Take-Two Interactive. The brand is mostly known for the Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne and Midnight Club series. It comprises studios that have been acquired and renamed as well as others that have been created internally...
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Halo 2Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second video game title in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically-acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
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XboxThe Xbox is a video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's GameCube...
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Microsoft Game StudiosMicrosoft Game Studios is a brand owned by Microsoft and introduced in 2002 to represent the company as a video game publisher, coinciding with the launch of the Xbox...
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Madden NFL 2005Madden NFL 2005 is a football video game. It features Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis on the cover. Al Michaels and John Madden do the commentary...
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PS2 |
EA SportsEA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports games, that tried to mimic real-life sports networks, calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as...
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ESPN NFL 2K5 ESPN NFL 2K5 is an American football video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by the Sega Corporation. It was originally released on July 20, 2004, for both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles. It is the sixth and final game in the NFL 2K series. The game featured then -...
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PS2 |
Segais a multinational video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan...
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Need For Speed: Underground 2Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a cross-platform racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and...
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PS2 |
Electronic Arts |
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Pokémon Fire RedPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are enhanced remakes of the 1996 original Pocket Monsters Red and Green video games. The new titles were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance and have compatibility with the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which originally came...
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GBAThe Game Boy Advance is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color...
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Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel...
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NBA Live 2005 The NBA Live series of basketball video games, published by EA Sports, is currently one of the leading National Basketball Association simulations on the market.-NBA Playoffs:...
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PS2 |
EA Sports |
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Spider-Man 2Spider-Man 2 is the name of several computer and video games based on the Spider-Man universe and particularly the Spider-Man 2 film. It is a follow up to the game Spider-Man: The Movie and was followed by Spider-Man 3 to promote the release of the third film in 2007...
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PS2 |
Activision Activision, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles. Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600...
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Halo: Combat EvolvedHalo: Combat Evolved is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. The first game of the Halo series, it was released on November 15, 2001 as a launch title for the Xbox gaming system, and is considered the platform's "killer app." With more than five million copies sold worldwide as of...
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Xbox |
Microsoft Game Studios |
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ESPN NFL 2K5 ESPN NFL 2K5 is an American football video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by the Sega Corporation. It was originally released on July 20, 2004, for both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles. It is the sixth and final game in the NFL 2K series. The game featured then -...
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Xbox |
Sega |