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Article: Xbox Launch One of Most Successful in Video Game History; Xbox to Launch in Japan, Europe and Australia in Coming Months.
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- PR Newswire
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- January 8, 2002
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LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft Corp. announced today at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that the Xbox(TM) video game system had one of the most successful launches in video game history. Microsoft sold 1.5 million units in North America between the Nov. 15 launch and the end of calendar year 2001. In addition, the NPD Group Inc. has reported that gamers bought more than three games with every Xbox system, the highest-ever game attach rate for a video game console launch.
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"It feels great to kick off the global rollout of Xbox with a record-breaking launch in North America," ...