Games Industry Reaches $12.5 Billion

The video game industry has done Dr. Evil proud with roughly $12.5 billion in software sales during 2006, GameSpot reports. According to the article, the 19% growth was spurred by a $3.7 billion month of December.

The single best-selling game for the year was the PlayStation 2 edition of Madden NFL 07, which garnered sales of 2.8 million units (Hall of Fame edition included). New Super Mario Bros. for the DS came in second with 2 million units sold in 2006, followed by Gears of War (1.8 million units sold, including collector's edition), Kingdom Hearts II (1.7 million units sold), and Guitar Hero 2 (1.3 million units sold, with or without guitar).

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