History of Video Games 2005

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    Microsoft launches the Xbox 360, marking the second generation console in the Xbox series.

    Xbox 360 game console and controller

Video game consumer spending

Circana – U.S. Video Game Industry Sales – (Dollars, Billions)

(Dollars, Billions)

Top games by purchase

‘1995 through 2022 – U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games by Year (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales.

  1. Madden NFL 06
  2. Star Wars: Battlefront II
  3. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  4. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
  5. NCAA Football 06
  6. Gran Turismo 4
  7. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  8. NBA Live 06
  9. Lego Star Wars
  10. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
  11. Pokemon Emerald
  12. The Sims 2
  13. Tony Hawk American Wasteland
  14. Call Of Duty 2: Big Red One
  15. MVP Baseball 2005
  16. Resident Evil 4
  17. Call Of Duty 2
  18. Need For Speed: Underground 2
  19. Peter Jackson's King Kong
  20. World of Warcraft
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