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GAMES: VIDEO GAMING
List: Top Ten Bestselling Video Games in USA (all consoles) in 2005
Date: January 2006
Source: NPD
Base: By video games point-of-sales data in USA during the year.
Notes: Eight PlayStation 2 titles in the top ten with one Xbox and one Game Boy Advance title making up the numbers. Electronic Arts was the dominant publisher with five titles in the list. Madden NFL sold over 2.9 million copies on PS2 and a further 1.2 million on the Xbox, some way ahead of Pokemon Emerald on the GBA at 1.7 million units. Gran Turismo 4 unloaded over 1.5 million coies and in fifth position NCAA Football 06 for the PS2 sold 1.1 million copies.
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Rank
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Title
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Platform
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Publisher
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1.
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Madden NFL 06
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PS2
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Electronic Arts
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2.
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Pokemon Emerald
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GBA
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Nintendo of America
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3.
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Gran Turismo 4
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PS2
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Sony Computer Ent.
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4.
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Madden NFL 06
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XBX
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Electronic Arts
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5.
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NCAA Football 06
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PS2
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Electronic Arts
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6.
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Star Wars: Battlefront II
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PS2
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LucasArts
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7.
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MVP Baseball 2005
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PS2
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Electronic Arts
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8.
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
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PS2
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LucasArts
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9.
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NBA Live 06
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PS2
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Electronic Arts
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10.
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Lego Star Wars
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PS2
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Eidos
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