U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo's Wii console stole the show.The popularity of "Grand Theft Auto 4," however, failed to boost sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, which both saw unit shipments fall sharply from the previous month.
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U.S. consumers bought 188,000 Xbox 360s and 187,000 PS3s in April, data from market research firm NPD showed on Thursday. That was down from 262,000 units and 257,000 units in March.
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