The U.S. sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Xbox 360 video game console during its first 13 months in stores were 6 percent higher than comparable sales of the original Xbox, market research group NPD said on Thursday. During that period, consumers bought 3.79 million units of the Xbox 360, released in November 2005. That compares with the original Xbox, which was released in November 2001 and sold 3.57 million units in its first 13 months in stores. NPD measures roughly 60 percent of U.S. video game-related retail sales and makes projections on the remainder of the market.
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