oh and by the way everyone thought ds peaked last year.

great ds numbers indeed.

no wonder nitnendo didnt release the DSi here

Now now, remember that RFOM2 was apparently not delivered to a lot of stores and has been only partially available as a result - or so I've seen forum postings claiming.

I live in the UK, the stores they mentioned arent high for game sales here in UK. The main sellers Game, Gamestation, HMV and Supermarkets have all had no stock shortages in my city. They have had loads of copies.

I love it when gamers talk economics and think they know a lot about it. Not saying none of them know economies, but if you did take the time to look over the trends, the economy is always in an up and down cycle. We will have a few years of increase, then a few years of decrease, then it will level and start increasing again. The Economy has been much worse than it is now, and not just in the Great Depression. It was bad at one point in the 70's, at one point in the 80's, at one point in the 90's.... see what I'm trying to say? News stations and politics will always ride the bad times because it gives them attention and allows them to gain influence, but never fear, the good times are just around the corner.

(that corner could be months or years away, though )

Well he has a point.

This is a period of economic standstill and that happens every cycle

It just happens too be a bigger time of economic trouble

I should have mentioned that I was refering to the US economy, not global economy.  Over here in the US, it is bad, but has been worse in the 60's/70's especially.  A bad economy can be driven deaper by those that take it in a pessimistic manner.  In the US, especially my area, the economy is still rather stable, and in no way is it threatening to go Great Depression on us any time soon.

If worse times come, then they come and I'll deal with them then.  But for now, my job is stable, my familie's jobs are stable, our wealth isn't tied to stocks in any way, we have a good deal of savings, so we shall be able to ride out anything for a good while.

Not yet, we arent completey at the level of a depression yet. Let the 2nd depression start with all three US auto makers fall. Once that happens the US will be at an all time low.

 The advertising for the 150 euro sku here in Belgium (and I think in all of Europe) is insane. This is the first time that the masses really see the price difference between ps3 and 360. On almost every busstop there is a big poster showing a 360 with a 150 euro price tag. Wii and DS are showing up on tv every 5 minutes. I haven't seen this much advertising for a console(s) ever. Even in the ps2 era, Sony didn't have a merketing campaign this big.