Nielsen: PS2 Most-Played Console in June

July 26, 2007 By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- More than 68 million people played video games on a console last month, spending much of it on Sony Corp.'s older PlayStation 2, according to Nielsen research.

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