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Super Mario Bros. for Wii in Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) 

US video game sales fall 34 percent

U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 34 percent in January from a year earlier to $751 million due to the lack of new game titles, according to market researcher NPD Group.

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