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Article: More Than 1 Million Xbox Systems Shipped to North American Retailers In Just Three Weeks; Xbox Systems and Games Selling as Fast as Retailers Can Stock Them.
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- PR Newswire
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- December 9, 2001
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REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft(R) Xbox(TM) video game system has surpassed the 1 million mark in shipments, with 1.1 million units "sold-in" to retailers. These sell-in results build on the spectacular Xbox sell-through rate for the system's first two weeks of launch.
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At the same time, Xbox games have been selling in record numbers. On average, gamers are purchasing several first- and third-party Xbox games every time they buy an Xbox. The most popular games to date include "Halo(TM)," "Project Gotham Racing(TM)" and "NFL(TM) Fever 2002" from ...