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2. Digital distribution of video games - Wikipedia

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   One of the first examples of digital distribution in video games was GameLine, which operated during the early 1980s. The service allowed Atari 2600 owners to use a specialized cartridge to connect through a phone line to a central server and rent a video game for 5–10 days. The GameLine service was terminated during the video game crash of 1983.

3. List of best-selling video games in the United States by year

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   This is a listing of the best-selling video games in the United States annually by units sold since 1980, with sales figures from The NPD Group since 1994. [1] The United States is a very competitive market for video game developers. Games from different developers around the world have entered the annual lists of top ten best-selling games in ...

4. GameStop - Wikipedia

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   In 2007, GameStop acquired Rhino Video Games, who operated 70 video game stores throughout the Southeastern United States, from Blockbuster for an undisclosed amount. [27] [28] In April 2008, GameStop acquired Free Record Shop's 49 Norwegian stores. [29] In October 2008, GameStop acquired Micromania, a French video-game retailer, for $700 million.

5. List of video game websites - Wikipedia

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   A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, [ 1 ] but it now implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three ...

6. Video game monetization - Wikipedia

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   Instead of acquiring a game through a physical store, customers buy their games online and download the game's data directly to their devices. Many games sold through digital download are distributed by means of a third-party service that functions in the same way as a physical store, selling a variety of games from many different developers in ...

7. Bulk purchasing - Wikipedia

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   Bulk purchasing also enables greater resilience, such that bulk buyers are able to build stockpiles of necessities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, bulk purchasing also contributed to better health outcomes by decreasing the overall number of trips to the grocery store, thus lessening opportunities for exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Since lower-income ...