ARI SHAPIRO, host: NPR's business news starts with booming video game sales.</s>ARI SHAPIRO, host: Last month, Americans spent nearly $1.4 billion on video game hardware, software and accessories. That's three percent higher than February of last year, according to the research group NPD.</s>ARI SHAPIRO, host: The top-selling game was "Call of Duty: Black Ops."</s>ARI SHAPIRO, host: And Microsoft's Xbox's video console had its best month ever outside the holidays.
Americans spent nearly $1.4 billion on video game hardware, software and accessories last month. That's three percent higher than a year ago, according to the research group NPD.