2003 in video gaming Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

See also: 2002 in video gaming, other events of 2003, 2004 in video gaming and the timeline of video games

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Trends 2.1 Video game consoles 2.2 Top-selling games

Events

Trends

Computer games continue to lose ground to console video games with a US sales drop of 14% in 2003. (NPD) Total 2003 entertainment software sales in the United States grew slightly to $7 billion USD; console sales increased to $5.8 billion and computer games accounted for the remaining $1.2 billion. (ESA)

Video game consoles

Two new handheld consoles were introduced in 2003: The Game Boy Advance SP (an improved GBA-compatible device) and Nokia's N-Gage.

The dominant consoles in 2003 were:

• Sony's PlayStation 2
• Nintendo's GameCube
• Microsoft's Xbox
• Nintendo's Game Boy Advance

Top-selling games

The top 10 selling console video games in 2003 in the United States ranked by units sold, according to NPD, were:

1. Madden NFL 2004, published by Electronic Arts, for PlayStation 2
2. Pokémon Ruby, Nintendo of America, Game Boy Advance
3. Pokémon Sapphire, Nintendo of America, Game Boy Advance
4. , Electronic Arts, PS2
5. , Nintendo of America, GameCube
6. , Rockstar Games, PS2
7. , Nintendo of America, GameCube
8. Tony Hawk's Underground, Activision, PS2
9. Enter the Matrix, Atari, PS2
10. , Electronic Arts, PS2

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